Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 799

License; duration, conditions, revocation, alteration, or surrender

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.

June 10, 1920, ch. 28541 Stat. 1067Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 68749 Stat. 841Pub. L. 104–106, div. D, title XLIII, § 4321(i)(6)110 Stat. 676Pub. L. 104–316, title I, § 108(a)110 Stat. 3832Pub. L. 105–192, § 2112 Stat. 625(, pt. I, § 6, ; renumbered pt. I and amended, , title II, §§ 204, 212, , 847; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 105–1921998— 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.”

Pub. L. 104–3161996— struck out 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.”

Pub. L. 104–106section 20 of title 41 struck out at end “Copies of all licenses issued under the provisions of this subchapter and calling for the payment of annual charges shall be deposited with the General Accounting Office, in compliance with .”

1935—Act , § 204, amended section generally, substituting “thirty days” for “ninety days” in third sentence and inserting last sentence.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Pub. L. 104–106section 4401 of Pub. L. 104–106section 2220 of Title 10For effective date and applicability of amendment by , see , set out as a note under , Armed Forces.