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
   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]