---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.1101"
title: "47"
number: "1.1101"
heading: "Authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.1101"
---

# §1.1101. Authority.


Authority to impose and collect these charges is contained in section 8 of the Communications Act, as amended by sections [102](/cfr/47/102.md) and [103](/cfr/47/103.md) of title I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-141, 132 Stat. 1084), [47 U.S.C. 158](/usc/47/158.md), which directs the Commission to assess and collect application fees to recover the costs of the Commission to process applications.


## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 15061, Mar. 19, 2021]

### Source

Source: 52 FR 5289, Feb. 20, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 15061, Mar. 19, 2021]