16 U.S.C. § 799 - License; duration, conditions, revocation, alteration, or surrender

• Cite as: 16 U.S.C. § 799

Licenses under this subchapter shall be issued for a period not exceeding fifty years. Each such license shall be conditioned upon acceptance by the licensee of all of the terms and conditions of this chapter and such further conditions, if any, as the Commission shall prescribe in conformity with this chapter, which said terms and conditions and the acceptance thereof shall be expressed in said license. Licenses may be revoked only for the reasons and in the manner prescribed under the provisions of this chapter, and may be altered or surrendered only upon mutual agreement between the licensee and the Commission after thirty days' public notice.

Cite as 16 U.S.C. § 799

Source: June 10, 1920, ch. 285, pt. I, §6, 41 Stat. 1067; renumbered pt. I and amended, Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title II, §§204, 212, 49 Stat. 841, 847; Pub. L. 104-106, div. D, title XLIII, §4321(i)(6), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 676; Pub. L. 104-316, title I, §108(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3832; Pub. L. 105-192, §2, July 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 625.

current through 5/22/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

1998- Pub. L. 105-192 inserted at end "Licenses may be revoked only for the reasons and in the manner prescribed under the provisions of this chapter, and may be altered or surrendered only upon mutual agreement between the licensee and the Commission after thirty days' public notice."