Sec. 1.911  Applications required.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, station 
licenses as defined in section 3(bb) of the Communications Act; operator 
licenses or modifications of renewals thereof; assignments of station 
licenses or any rights thereunder; and consent to transfer control of a 
corporation holding a license, shall be granted only upon written and 
signed application.
    (b) In cases (1) of an emergency found by the Commission involving 
danger to life or property or due to damage to equipment, or (2) of a 
national emergency proclaimed by the President or declared by the 
Congress and during the continuance of any war in which the United 
States is engaged, when such action is necessary for the national 
defense or security or otherwise in furtherance of the war effort, or 
(3) of emergency where the Commission finds, in these services, that it 
would not be feasible to secure renewal applications from existing 
licensees or otherwise to follow normal licensing procedure, the 
Commission may grant station licenses, or modifications or renewals 
thereof, without the filing of a formal application; but no such 
authorization shall be granted for or continue in effect beyond the 
period of the emergency or war requiring it. The procedure to be 
followed for requests submitted under the provisions of this paragraph 
is the same as for obtaining special temporary authority under 
Sec. 1.925.
    (c) In case of vessels at sea, the Commission may issue by cable, 
telegraph, or radio a permit for the operation of a station until the 
vessel returns to a port of the continental United States.
    (d) Canadian licensees desiring to operate in the United States 
under the terms of Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention between the United 
States and Canada concerning Operation of Certain Radio Equipment or 
Stations (which entered into force May 15, 1952) shall make application 
upon FCC Form 410, which shall be filed with the Secretary, Federal 
Communications Commission, Washington, DC, 20554. Forms

[[Page 190]]

may be obtained from the FCC Secretary, any field office of the 
Commission, or from the Controller of Telecommunications, Department of 
Transport, Ottawa, Canada.
    (e) An alien amateur desiring to operate in the United States under 
provisions of sections 303(1)(2) and 310(a) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, and under the terms of a bilateral agreement in force 
between the applicant's country and the United Staters concluded 
pursuant to the provisions of Pub. L. 88-313, must make application on 
FCC Form 610-A,1 which must be filed with the Commission's 
offices in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Federal Communications Commission, 
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325). Forms may be obtained from the 
Secretary, the Commission's offices in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, any 
field office of the Commission and, in some instances, from United 
States missions abroad.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ Form filed as part of original document.

(Sec. 308, 48 Stat. 1084, as amended; 47 U.S.C. )
[28 308 FR 12454 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  34 FR 19419 , Dec. 9, 1969;  37 FR 15928 , Aug. 8, 1972;  40 FR 5365 , Feb. 5, 1975;  49 FR 30943 , Aug. 2, 
1984]