[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR80.15]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 80_STATIONS IN THE MARITIME SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses
 
Sec. 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

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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 Sec. 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
    (4) Any agency of the U.S. Government subject to section 301 of the 
Communications Act.
    (e) EPIRB stations. (1) Class A or Class B EPIRB stations will be 
authorized for use on board the following types of vessels until 
December 31, 2006:
    (i) Vessels authorized to carry survival craft; or
    (ii) Vessels expected to travel in waters beyond the range of marine 
VHF distress coverage which is generally considered to be more than 32 
kilometers (approximately 20 miles) offshore; or
    (iii) Vessels required to be fitted with EPIRB's to comply with U.S. 
Coast Guard regulations.
    (2) 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. An INMARSAT-E 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 radio station, provided that 
the ship is not operating in sea area A4 as defined in Sec. 
80.1069(a)(4).

[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]