§  80.15   Eligibility for station license.

   (a) General. A station license cannot be granted to or held by a
   foreign government or its representative.

   (b) Public coast stations and Alaska-public fixed stations. A station
   license for a public coast station or an Alaska-public fixed station
   cannot be granted to or held by:

   (1) Any alien or the representative of any alien;

   (2) Any foreign government or its representative;

   (3) Any corporation organized under the laws of any foreign government;

   (4) Any corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital stock
   is owned of record or voted by aliens or their representatives or by a
   foreign government or its representative, or by a corporation organized
   under the laws of a foreign country; or

   (5) Any corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other
   corporation of which more than one-fourth of the capital stock is owned
   of record or voted by aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign
   government or its representatives, or by any corporation organized
   under the laws of a foreign country, if the Commission finds that the
   public interest will be served by the refusal or revocation of such
   license.

   (c) Private coast and marine utility stations. The supplemental
   eligibility requirements for private coast and marine utility stations
   are contained in §  80.501(a).

   (d) Ship stations. A ship station license may only be granted to:

   (1) The owner or operator of the vessel;

   (2) A subsidiary communications corporation of the owner or operator of
   the vessel;

   (3) A State or local government subdivision; or

   (e) A 406.0-406.1 MHz EPIRB may be used by any ship required by U.S.
   Coast Guard regulations to carry an EPIRB or by any ship that is
   equipped with a VHF ship radio station.

   [ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  53 FR 37308 , Sept. 26, 1988;
    58 FR 33344 , June 17, 1993;  61 FR 55581 , Oct. 28, 1996;  68 FR 46960 ,
   Aug. 7, 2003;  69 FR 64671 , Nov. 8, 2004;  73 FR 4480 , Jan. 25, 2008;  76 FR 67610 , Nov. 2, 2011]

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