Sec. 97.527  Reimbursement for expenses.

    (a) VEs and VECs may be reimbursed by examinees for out-of-pocket 
expenses incurred in preparing, processing, administering, or 
coordinating an examination for an amateur operator license.
    (b) The maximum amount of reimbursement from any one examinee for 
any one examination at a particular session regardless of the number of 
examination elements taken must not exceed that announced by the FCC in 
a Public Notice. (The basis for the maximum fee is $4.00 for 1984, 
adjusted annually each January 1 thereafter for changes in the 
Department of Labor Consumer Price Index.)
[ 54 FR 25857 , June 20, 1989, as amended at  58 FR 29127 , May 19, 1993;  61 FR 9953 , Mar. 12, 1996]

Appendix 1 to Part 97--Places Where the Amateur Service is Regulated by 
                                 the FCC

    In ITU Region 2, the amateur service is regulated by the FCC within 
the territorial limits of the 50 United States, District of Columbia, 
Caribbean Insular areas [Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States 
Virgin Islands (50 islets and cays) and Navassa Island], and Johnston 
Island (Islets East, Johnston, North and Sand) and Midway Island (Islets 
Eastern and Sand) in the Pacific Insular areas.
    In ITU Region 3, the amateur service is regulated by the FCC within 
the Pacific Insular territorial limits of American Samoa (seven 
islands), Baker Island, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam 
Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Island 
(more than 50 islets) and Wake Island (Islets Peale, Wake and Wilkes).

                   Appendix 2 to Part 97--VEC Regions

1. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and 
Vermont.
2. New Jersey and New York.
3. Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
4. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, 
Tennessee and Virginia.
5. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
6. California.
7. Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and 
Wyoming.
8. Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
9. Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
10. Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota 
and South Dakota.
11. Alaska.
12. Caribbean Insular areas.
13. Hawaii and Pacific Insular areas.