[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 99 (Friday, June 16, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S8528]
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         TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPETI- TION AND DEREGULATION ACT


                          section 252(a)(2)(A)

  Mr. PACKWOOD. Section 252(a)(2)(A) requires a separate subsidiary for 
all information services except those that were being offered before 
July 24, 1991. Since that date literally hundreds of information 
services have been initiated and offered, because July 24, 1991, is the 
day before the information services line of business restriction was 
lifted by the MFJ court. This means that all of those services have to 
be shifted to a separate subsidiary on the date of enactment of this 
act.
  Are there not two problems in your view: First, the bill does not 
grandfather all existing information services. Second, it will be 
impractical for Bell operating companies to transfer existing 
information services to a separate subsidiary prior to the date of 
enactment of this act.
  Mr. PRESSLER. Yes; I agree. It is my intention to address these 
problems in conference.

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