[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 98 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S8517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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      TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPETITION AND DEREGULATION ACT OF 1995 
                   COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT OF 1995

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                   PRESSLER AMENDMENTS NOS. 1422-1423

  Mr. PRESSLER proposed two amendments 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:

                           Amendment No. 1422

       In section 623(m)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (as 
     added by section 204 of the bill on page 70), strike ``and 
     does not, directly or through an affiliate, own or control a 
     daily newspaper or a tier 1 local exchange carrier.'' And 
     insert ``and is not affiliated with any entity or entities 
     whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed 
     $250,000,000.''.
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       In section 262 of the Communications Act of 1934, as added 
     by section 308 of the bill--
       (1) Strike subsection (e) and insert the following:
       ``(e) Guidelines.--Within 18 months after the date of 
     enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1995, the 
     Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board 
     shall develop guidelines for accessibility of 
     telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment 
     in conjunction with the Commission the National 
     Telecommunications and Information Administration and the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology. The Board 
     shall review and update the guidelines periodically.
       (2) Strike subsection (g) and insert the following:
       ``(g) Regulations.--The Commission shall, not later than 24 
     months after the date of enactment of the Telecommunications 
     Act of 1995, prescribe regulations to implement this section. 
     The regulations shall be consistent with the guidelines 
     developed by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers 
     Compliance Board in accordance with subsection (e).
     

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