§ 90.115   Foreign government and alien eligibility.

   (a) No station authorization in the radio services governed by this
   part shall be granted to or held by a foreign government or its
   representative.

   (b) No station authorization in the radio services governed by this
   part shall be granted to or held by an entity providing or seeking to
   provide commercial mobile radio services (except such entities meeting
   the requirements of § 20.9(c) of this chapter) if such entity is:

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

   (2) A corporation organized under the laws of any foreign government;

   (3) A 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 representative thereof, or by any corporation
   organized under the laws of a foreign country;

   (4) A 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 representative thereof, 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.

   [ 59 FR 59957 , Nov. 21, 1994, as amended at  61 FR 55581 , Oct. 28, 1996]

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