Eligibility
(a) Eligibility. The following parties are eligible to participate through a Qualifying Transaction under the rural-focused transaction prong of the ECIP: an assignor that is a covered geographic licensee as defined by 1.907; a lessor in an included service as set forth in 1.9005 that is also a covered geographic licensee as defined by 1.907; and an unaffiliated assignee or lessee that commits to meeting the requirements of the rural-focused transaction prong, except that a transaction shall not be eligible for participation in the ECIP under this prong if it includes either: (1) A license(s) with existing shared construction obligations pursuant to 1.950(g); (2) An application to participate in ECIP that includes an election from the parties to share construction obligations pursuant to 1.950(g); (3) A light-touch leasing spectrum manager lease arrangement(s) of 3.5 GHz Priority Access Licenses in the Citizens Band Radio Service; or (4) An application to participate in ECIP that includes a barred party pursuant to 1.60007.