Sec. 100.11  Eligibility.

    An authorization for operation of a station in the Direct Broadcast 
Satellite Service shall not be granted to or held by:
    (a) Any alien or the representative of any alien;
    (b) Any foreign government or the representative thereof;
    (c) Any corporation organized under the laws of any foreign 
government;
    (d) 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 representative thereof, or by any corporation 
organized under the laws of a foreign country; or
    (e) 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 representatives 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.
[ 47 FR 31574 , July 21, 1982, as amended at  61 FR 55581 , Oct. 28, 1996]