[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 95 (Monday, June 12, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S8183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

                                 ______


      TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPETITION AND DEREGULATION ACT OF 1995

                                 ______


               FEINSTEIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1269

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Lott) proposed an amendment to 
the bill (S. 652) to provide for a procompetitive, deregulatory 
national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector 
deployment of advanced telecommunications and information technologies 
and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets 
to competition, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 145, below line 23, add the following:

     SEC. 407A. SCRAMBLING OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ADULT VIDEO 
                   SERVICE PROGRAMMING.

       (a) Requirement.--Part IV of title VI (47 U.S.C. 551 et 
     seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding 
     at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 641. SCRAMBLING OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ADULT VIDEO 
                   SERVICE PROGRAMMING.

       (a) Requirement.--In providing sexually explicit adult 
     programming or other programming that is indecent and harmful 
     to children on any channel of its service primarily dedicated 
     to sexually-oriented programming, a multichannel video 
     programming distributor shall fully scramble or otherwise 
     fully block the video and audit portion of such channel so 
     that one not a subscriber to such channel or programming does 
     not receive it.
       (b) Implementation.--Until a multichannel video programming 
     distributor complies with the requirement set forth in 
     subsection (a), the distributor shall limit the access of 
     children to the programming referred to in that subsection by 
     not providing such programming during the hours of the day 
     (as determined by the Commission) when a significant number 
     of children are likely to view it.
       (c) Definition.--As used is this section, the term 
     ``scramble'' means to rearrange the content of the signal of 
     the programming so that audio and video portion of the 
     programming cannot be received by persons unauthorized to 
     receive the programming.''
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
                                 ______


             FEINSTEIN (AND KEMPTHORNE) AMENDMENT NO. 1270

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Kempthorne) proposed an amendment 
to the bill, S. 652, supra; as follows:

       On page 55, strike out line 4 and all that follows through 
     page 55, line 12.
                                 ______


                        ROBB AMENDMENT NO. 1271

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ROBB submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 652, supra; as follows:

       On page 146, below line 14, add the following:

     SEC. 409. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS BY 
                   CHILDREN TO OBSCENE AND INDECENT MATERIAL ON 
                   ELECTRONIC INFORMATION NETWORKS OPEN TO THE 
                   PUBLIC.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress--
       (1) to encourage the voluntary use of tags in the names, 
     addresses, or text of electronic files containing obscene, 
     indecent, or mature text or graphics that are made available 
     to the public through public information networks in order to 
     ensure the ready identification of files containing such text 
     or graphics;
       (2) to encourage developers of computer software that 
     provides access to or interface with a public information 
     network to develop software that permits users of such 
     software to block access to or interface with text or 
     graphics identified by such tags; and
       (3) to encourage the telecommunications industry and the 
     providers and users of public information networks to take 
     practical actions (including the establishment of a board 
     consisting of appropriate members of such industry, 
     providers, and users) to develop a highly effective means of 
     preventing the access of children through public information 
     networks to electronic files that contain such text or 
     graphics.
       (b) Outreach.--The Secretary of Commerce shall take 
     appropriate steps to make information on the tags established 
     and utilized in voluntary compliance with subsection (a) 
     available to the public through public information networks.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
     to Congress a report on the tags established and utilized in 
     voluntary compliance with this section. The report shall--
       (1) describe the tags so established and utilized;
       (2) assess the effectiveness of such tags in preventing the 
     access of children to electronic files that contain obscene, 
     indecent, or mature text or graphics through public 
     information networks; and
       (3) provide recommendations for additional means of 
     preventing such access.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``public information network'' means the 
     Internet, electronic bulletin boards, and other electronic 
     information networks that are open to the public.
       (2) The term ``tag'' means a part or segment of the name, 
     address, or text of an electronic file.
     

                          ____________________