47 CFR §1.80001
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- (a)Covered Authorization. The term Covered Authorization means a license, lease, authorization, permit, grant, or other approval granted by the Commission that appears on a Schedule as described in § 1.80002.
- (b)Foreign adversary. The term foreign adversary is given the same meaning as defined in § 1.70001(e).
- (c)Foreign adversary country. The term foreign adversary country is given the same meaning as defined in § 1.70001(f).
- (d)Licensing Bureaus and Offices. The term Licensing Bureaus and Offices means a Federal Communications Commission Bureau or Office that grants a license, lease, authorization, permit, grant, or other approval held by a Regulatee as defined in paragraph (f) of this section. These include the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Media Bureau, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Space Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Wireline Competition Bureau, Office of Economics and Analytics, Office of Engineering and Technology, and Office of International Affairs.
- (e)Owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary. The term owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary is given the same meaning as defined in § 1.70001(g). For the purposes of § 1.70001(g)(4), the Commission shall generally deem a holder of 10% or greater of the total outstanding voting and/or equity interest in a Regulatee as possessing the power to determine, direct, or decide important matters affecting an entity, and delegates authority to the Licensing Bureaus and Offices, and the Enforcement Bureau, the authority to make exceptions to this general determination on a case-by-case basis. The term Foreign Adversary Control is used coterminously with this term for the purposes of this subpart.
- (f)Regulatee. The term Regulatee refers to the holder or grantee of a Covered Authorization as defined in paragraph (a) of this section, or an applicant therefor.
- (g)Schedule. The term Schedule refers to the groupings used to categorize Covered Authorizations and Regulatees, as described in § 1.80002, based on the applicable attestation and disclosure requirements.
- (h)Small entity. The term small entity means a Regulatee with a size not exceeding the size standards listed in 13 CFR 121.201.