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[CITE: 40USC782]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
               CHAPTER 17--ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS DISPOSAL
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED LONG-LINES COMMUNICATION 
                       FACILITIES IN AND TO ALASKA
 
Sec. 782. National defense considerations; public interest; 
        qualification of transferee; disqualification of aliens
        
    No transfer under this subchapter may be made unless the Secretary 
of Defense or his designees determines that--
        (1) the United States does not need to retain the property 
    involved in the transfer for national defense purposes;
        (2) the transfer is in the public interest;
        (3) the person to whom the transfer is made is prepared and 
    qualified to provide, without interruption, the communication 
    service involved in the transfer; and
        (4) the long-lines communication facilities will not directly or 
    indirectly be owned, operated, or controlled by a person who would 
    legally be disqualified by section 310(a) of title 47, from holding 
    a radio station license.

(Pub. L. 90-135, title II, Sec. 202, Nov. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 443.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 781 of this title.
