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47 U.S.C. § 158 — Application fees
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**(a) General authority; establishment of schedule** The Commission shall assess and collect application fees at such rates as the Commission shall establish in a schedule of application fees to recover the costs of the Commission to process applications.
**(b) Adjustment of schedule**
(1) **In general** — In every even-numbered year, the Commission shall review the schedule of application fees established under this section and, except as provided in paragraph (2), set a new amount for each fee in the schedule that is equal to the amount of the fee on the date when the fee was established or the date when the fee was last amended under subsection (c), whichever is later—
(A) increased or decreased by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index during the period beginning on such date and ending on the date of the review; and
(B) rounded to the nearest $5 increment.
(2) **Threshold for adjustment** — The Commission may not adjust a fee under paragraph (1) if—
(A) in the case of a fee the current amount of which is less than $200, the adjustment would result in a change in the current amount of less than $10; or
(B) in the case of a fee the current amount of which is $200 or more, the adjustment would result in a change in the current amount of less than 5 percent.
(3) **Current amount defined** — In paragraph (2), the term “current amount” means, with respect to a fee, the amount of the fee on the date when the fee was established, the date when the fee was last adjusted under paragraph (1), or the date when the fee was last amended under subsection (c), whichever is latest.
**(c) Amendments to schedule** In addition to the adjustments required by subsection (b), the Commission shall by rule amend the schedule of application fees established under
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**(a) General authority; establishment of schedule** The Commission shall assess and collect application fees at such rates as the Commission shall establish in a schedule of application fees to recover the costs of the Commission to process applications.
**(b) Adjustment of schedule**
(1) **In general** — In every even-numbered year, the Commission shall review the schedule of application fees established under this section and, except as provided in paragraph (2), set a new amount for each fee in the schedule that is equal to the amount of the fee on the date when the fee was established or the date when the fee was last amended under subsection (c), whichever is later—
(A) increased or decreased by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index during the period beginning on such date and ending on the date of the review; and
(B) rounded to the nearest $5 increment.
(2) **Threshold for adjustment** — The Commission may not adjust a fee under paragraph (1) if—
(A) in the case of a fee the current amount of which is less than $200, the adjustment would result in a change in the current amount of less than $10; or
(B) in the case of a fee the current amount of which is $200 or more, the adjustment would result in a change in the current amount of less than 5 percent.
(3) **Current amount defined** — In paragraph (2), the term “current amount” means, with respect to a fee, the amount of the fee on the date when the fee was established, the date when the fee was last adjusted under paragraph (1), or the date when the fee was last amended under subsection (c), whichever is latest.
**(c) Amendments to schedule** In addition to the adjustments required by subsection (b), the Commission shall by rule amend the schedule of application fees established under this section if the Commission determines that the schedule requires amendment—
(1) so that such fees reflect increases or decreases in the costs of processing applications at the Commission; or
(2) so that such schedule reflects the consolidation or addition of new categories of applications.
**(d) Exceptions**
(1) **Parties to which fees are not applicable** — The application fees established under this section shall not be applicable to—
(A) a governmental entity;
(B) a nonprofit entity licensed in the Local Government, Police, Fire, Highway Maintenance, Forestry-Conservation, Public Safety, or Special Emergency Radio radio services; or
(C) a noncommercial radio station or noncommercial television station.
(2) **Cost of collection** — If, in the judgment of the Commission, the cost of collecting an application fee established under this section would exceed the amount collected, the Commission may by rule eliminate such fee.
**(e) Deposit of collections** Moneys received from application fees established under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
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**(a) Authorization** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission to carry out the functions of the Commission $333,118,000 for fiscal year 2019 and $339,610,000 for fiscal year 2020.
**(b) Offsetting collections** The sum appropriated in any fiscal year to carry out the activities described in subsection (a), to the extent and in the amounts provided for in Appropriations Acts, shall be derived from fees authorized by [section 159 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section159&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Judicial review prohibited** Any adjustment or amendment to a schedule of fees under subsection (b) or (c) of [section 158 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section158&num=0&edition=prelim) or subsection (c) or (d) of [section 159 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section159&num=0&edition=prelim) is not subject to judicial review.
**(b) Notice to Congress** The Commission shall transmit to Congress notification—
(1) of any adjustment under section 158(b) or 159(c) of this title immediately upon the adoption of such adjustment; and
(2) of any amendment under section 158(c) or 159(d) of this title not later than 90 days before the effective date of such amendment.
**(c) Enforcement**
(1) **Penalties for late payment** — The Commission shall by rule prescribe an additional penalty for late payment of fees under section 158 or 159 of this title. Such additional penalty shall be 25 percent of the amount of the fee that was not paid in a timely manner.
(2) **Interest on unpaid fees and penalties** — The Commission shall charge interest, at a rate determined under [section 3717 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3717&num=0&edition=prelim), on a fee under section 158 or 159 of this title or an additional penalty under this subsection that is not paid in a timely manner. Such section 3717 shall not otherwise apply with respect to such a fee or penalty.
(3) **Dismissal of applications or filings** — The Commission may dismiss any application or other filing for failure to pay in a timely manner any fee under section 158 or 159 of this title or any interest or additional penalty under this subsection.
(4) **Revocati
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**(a) Considerations in granting application** Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commission shall determine, in the case of each application filed with it to which [section 308 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section308&num=0&edition=prelim) applies, whether the public interest, convenience, and necessity will be served by the granting of such application, and, if the Commission, upon examination of such application and upon consideration of such other matters as the Commission may officially notice, shall find that public interest, convenience, and necessity would be served by the granting thereof, it shall grant such application.
**(b) Time of granting application** Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no such application—
(1) for an instrument of authorization in the case of a station in the broadcasting or common carrier services, or
(2) for an instrument of authorization in the case of a station in any of the following categories:
(A) industrial radio positioning stations for which frequencies are assigned on an exclusive basis,
(B) aeronautical en route stations,
(C) aeronautical advisory stations,
(D) airdrome control stations,
(E) aeronautical fixed stations, and
(F) such other stations or classes of stations, not in the broadcasting or common carrier services, as the Commission shall by rule prescribe,
shall be granted by the Commission earlier than thirty days following issuance of public notice by the Commission of the acceptance for filing of such application or of any substantial amendment thereof.
**(c) Applications not affected by subsection (b)** Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply—
(1) to any minor amendment of an application to which such
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TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 157
738; amended Pub. L. 98–214, § 2(a), Dec. 8, 1983, 97
Stat. 1467; Pub. L. 99–272, title V, § 5002(a)(1),
Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 100–594, § 2(a),
Nov. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 3021; Pub. L. 101–396, § 2(a),
Sept. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 848; Pub. L. 103–66, title
VI, § 6003(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 401; Pub. L.
115–141, div. P, title I, § 101(a), Mar. 23, 2018, 132
Stat. 1081.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–141 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, section related to authorization of ap-
propriations for fiscal years 1990 and 1991.
1993—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–66 added subsec. (d).
1990—Pub. L. 101–396 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘There are au-
thorized to be appropriated for the administration of
this chapter by the Commission $107,250,000 for fiscal
year 1988 and $109,250,000 for fiscal year 1989, together
with such sums as may be necessary for increases re-
sulting from adjustments in salary, pay, retirement,
other employee benefits required by law, and other
nondiscretionary costs, for each of the fiscal years 1988
and 1989.’’
1988—Pub. L. 100–594 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘There are au-
thorized to be appropriated for the administration of
this chapter by the Commission $98,100,000 for fiscal
year 1986 and $97,600,000 for fiscal year 1987, together
with such sums as may be necessary for increases re-
sulting from adjustments in salary, pay, retirement,
other employee benefits required by law, and other
nondiscretionary costs, for each of the fiscal years 1986
and 1987.’’
1986—Pub. L. 99–272 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘There are au-
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