Federal law prohibits private ownership of such weapons made after May 1986.

But Federal law prohibits both foreign control and ownership in excess of 25 percent.

An additional motivation was to replace the Haitian constitution which prohibited foreign ownership of land.

Federal regulations normally prohibit ownership of both a newspaper and a television station in the same city.

A rule established by the commission in 1975 prohibits ownership of both a daily newspaper and television station in the same market.

These effectively prohibit ownership of more than one television station or two radio stations in a given market.

But Federal law prohibits foreign ownership of domestic airlines.

A recent court decision had struck down the constitutional provision prohibiting foreign ownership of land and now allowed them to buy up parcels.

Now several members of Congress are introducing bills that would prohibit such ownership.

In particular, it prohibits direct ownership of real estate in what is known as the "restricted zone".