---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 22.221"
title: "47"
number: "22.221"
heading: "Eligibility for partitioned licenses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/22.221"
---

# §22.221. Eligibility for partitioned licenses.


If partitioned licenses are being applied for in conjunction with a license(s) to be awarded through competitive bidding procedures—

- (a) The applicable procedures for filing short-form applications and for submitting upfront payments and down payments contained in this chapter shall be followed by the applicant, who must disclose as part of its short-form application all parties to agreement(s) with or among other entities to partition the license pursuant to this section, if won at auction (see [47 CFR 1.2105(a)(2)(viii)](/cfr/47/1.2105.md?p=a-2-viii));
- (b) Each party to an agreement to partition the authorization must file a long-form application (FCC Form 601) for its respective, mutually agreed-upon geographic area together with the application for the remainder of the MEA or EA filed by the auction winner.
- (c) If the partitioned authorization is being applied for as a partial assignment of the MEA or EA authorization following grant of the initial authorization, request for authorization for partial assignment of an authorization shall be made pursuant to [§ 1.948](/cfr/47/1.948.md) of this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 64 FR 33781, June 24, 1999]

### Source

Source: 62 FR 11629, Mar. 12, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 222, 303, 309, and 332.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 64 FR 33781, June 24, 1999]