COMMUNICATIONS

Addresses

Cable Telecommunications Act (S. 66): Senator Goldwater, 15592 [14JN]

Nippon Telephone & Telegraph Procurement Agreement: Edmund B. Fitzgerald, 15311 [9JN]

Our Future Growth Is Tied to Educational Technology: Donald J. Senese, 33945-33947 [17NO]

Telecommunications Marketplace, Representative Wirth, 15692 [14JN]

Telecommunications Trade Issues, Edmund B. Fitzgerald, 15346 [9JN]

Trade Approach to International Communication, Harry Freeman, 3689 [2MR]

Amendments

Cable Telecommunications Act: enact (S. 66), 15156, 15286 [9JN], 15414-15416 [10JN], 15439, 15451-15455, 15470, 15476, 15483, 15486 [13JN], 15560, 15564, 15572, 15576, 15582, 15584-15587

Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act: enact (S. 602), 10047 [27AP], 23785-23788, 23816-23818 [13SE]

Telephone service: access charge (H.R. 4102), 31528-31620 [8NO], 31845 [9NO], 32148-32152, 32179, 32180, 32183, 32186, 32187, 32193, 32194 [10NO]

Analyses

Broadcasting Public Responsibility and Deregulation Act, 7523 [24MR]

Cable Consumer Protection Act, 31635 [8NO]

H.R. 4464, International Telecommunications Act, 33962 [17NO]

Major Provisions of H.R. 3647, 21554 [28JY]

S. 602, Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, 26447 [29SE]

S. 659, Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, 3790 [3MR]

S. 694, Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, 4077 [7MR]

S. 1198, Amend the Board for International Broadcasting Act, 10973 [4MY]

S. 1660, Universal Telephone Service Preservation, 30735-30739 [3NO]

S. 1677, Home Phone Act, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 20584 [25JY]

Articles and editorials

America Provides Popular Radio Voice in Eastern Europe, 25999 [27SE]

America's Stifled Voice, 3687 [2MR]

As We See It, 26550 [29SE]

Battle for Control of TV—Network Victory at FCC Would Rob the Public of Diversity, 6702 [22MR]

Big Squeeze, 11566 [9MY]

Breaking Up A.T. & T., 32215 [10NO]

Competition, Deregulation Cause Rapid Changes in Telecommunications, 13155 [19MY]

Congress Plays Telephone Game, 24750 [19SE]

Del Mar Students To Spend Summer Communicating Peace, 25225 [21SE]

Disintegrating Bell System, 12968 [18MY]

Dispelling Hangups Over New Phone Rates, 27901 [7OC]

Don't Rush the Federal Cable Rules, 15288 [9JN]

Early Election Projections (excerpt), 28219 [18OC]

EMP Could Destroy the Nation's Communications, 18489 [11JY]

Fine-Tune Cable Bill, 15159 [9JN]

Floods, Hams, and Sciences, 23389 [4AU]

For Partnership, Not Domination, in the Western Hemisphere, 10825 [3MY]

Global Information Complex, 12666 [17MY]

Higher Rates May Develop Telephone Caste System, 29688 [27OC]

Increases in Local Telephone Rates, 19407-19416 [15JY]

Kansans Protest Broadcasts of Hate, 23427 [4AU]

Kidvid—A National Disgrace, 28245 [18OC]

Landlord To Start a Phone Network, 34021 [18NO], 34745 [18NO]

Leave the Telephone System Alone for Now, 29891 [28OC]

Let Competition Take Root, 27202 [5OC]

Networks Want It All Back, 6700 [22MR]

New Twist on Our Phone Bills, 20166 [20JY]

New War of the Airwaves, 25367 [22SE]

Nine Billion Dollar Phone Bill?, 27201 [5OC]

Notes and Comment, 27181 [4OC]

NPR Snatched From Brink of Bankruptcy, 22343 [2AU]

NPR—Tiding Them Over, 14141 [26MY]

Phone Bill Threat Held Exaggerated, 31511 [8NO]

Politics and Telephones, 27201 [5OC]

Poll Indicates Confusion on Breakup of AT&T, 27052 [4OC]

President's Priorities, 34638 [18NO]

Prime-Time Power Play, 7528 [24MR]

Putting Congress on Hold, 27518 [6OC], 28225 [18OC], 31310 [7NO]

Radio Broadcast to Cuba Act (sundry), 23530-23536 [12SE]

Read All About It, 12692 [17MY]

Rescue Public Radio, 27426 [5OC]

Senate G.O.P. Plays Cable TV Circuit, 17508 [28JN]

Shooting in the Dark, 31309 [7NO]

Showdown at the FCC Over Television Reruns, 7530 [24MR]

Small Radio Station Keeps Owner Busy, Happy—And in Red, 1080 [27JA]

Soviets Jam VOA on Pope, 17230 [23JN], 25367 [22SE]

Telephone Access Charge—Why New Fees Stir Controversy and Their Effect on Users, 31892 [9NO]

Telephone Industry Shifting Burden Toward Consumers, 12966 [18MY]

Telephones for Hearing-Impaired Americans—The Second Step, 11737 [10MY]

TV's Loose Control Knob, 23346 [4AU]

TV—We Deserve Better, 2231 [15FE], 2294 [16FE]

Universal Phone Ripoff, 24249 [14SE]

VOA's Bid To Cover Congress Blocked, 5167 [14MR]

Voice of America, 22116-22118 [2AU]

Volunteers' Calls Ease Loneliness of Elderly, 33272 [16NO]

Who Controls TV's Fare Market?, 8449 [13AP], 8503 [13AP]

Why Telephone Rates Are Going Up, 29891 [28OC]

Your Long-Distance Bill, 24253 [14SE]

Your Phone Bill, 31310 [7NO]

Bills and resolutions

Broadcast licenses: establish new procedures for renewal, assignment, and transfer (see H.R. 2382)

Broadcast services: competition (see S. 55; H.R. 2873)

———deregulation of certain (see H.R. 2382)

Broadcasting stations: feasibility of extending hours of operation for amplitude modulated (see H.R. 1589)

Electronic media: prohibit certain regulation (see S. 1917)

International communications: competition (see H.R. 4464)

International Communications Reorganization Act: enact (see H.R. 2527)

International telecommunications: improve (see S. 999)

Radio broadcasters: equity for daytime (see S. 880)

———provide equity to daytime (see H.R. 2385)

Radio broadcasting: moratorium on licenses for cellular service (see H.R. 4340)

Radio broadcasting stations: feasibility of extending hours of operation for amplitude modulated (see H.R. 1589)

Satellite systems: transfer to private sector (see H.R. 1958)

SBA: restrict authority to deny financial assistance (see H.R. 1157)

Telecommunications: minority participation (see H.R. 1155)

Telephones: assure universal service (see S. 1660, 1831; H.R. 3809, 4102, 4116, 4130, 4295)

Television: prohibit programs with nudity, obscenity, or sexual activity (see H.R. 603)

Television networks: moratorium on rule changes (see H.R. 2250)

Televison and radio broadcasters: quantify public responsibility requirements (see H.R. 2370)

U.S.-Soviet Communications Center: establish (see H.R. 408)

USIA: authorize appropriations (see S. 734)

Wire or oral communications: restrict interception (see S. 218; H.R. 422)

Broadcasts

International broadcasts, President Reagan (excerpt), 23977 [13SE]

Cloture motions

Radio Broadcast to Cuba Act (S. 602), 21597 [29JY]

Court decisions

AT&T Co. divestiture, Harold Greene, 20463 [21JY]

Election projections, Supreme Court, 28220 [18OC]

Explanations

Highlights of the Cable Telecommunications Act, 27908, 27927 [7OC]

Factsheets

H.R. 4464, International Telecommunications Act, 33962 [17NO]

Letters

Advisory opinion relative to conflict of interest, exchange with Representative Lent, 30324 [1NO]

Bell System procurement practices, exchange between Representative Markey and FCC, 15539 [13JN]

Board for International Broadcasting Act amendment (S. 1198): Board for International Broadcasting, 10973 [4MY]

Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act: Board for International Broadcasting, 4077 [7MR]

Cable Telecommunications Act (S. 66): American Psychiatric Association, 15581 [14JN]

———American Public Power Association, 15288 [9JN]

———Association for Retarded Citizens of the U.S., 15580 [14JN]

———Ernst & Whinney, Tacoma, Wash., 15471 [13JN]

———Golden West Telephone Cooperative, Inc., 15471 [13JN]

———National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, 15477 [13JN]

———National Conference of State Legislatures, 15287 [9JN]

———National Governors' Association, 15476 [13JN]

———National Mental Health Association, 15581 [14JN]

———National Telephone Cooperative Association, 15476 [13JN]

———Northwest Municipal Conference, 15288 [9JN]

———Senator Abdnor, 15472 [13JN]

———Special Committee on Aging, 15579 [14JN]

———St. Vincent's Hospital, Harrison, N.J., 15580 [14JN]

———(sundry), 15157-15159, 15287 [9JN], 15471, 15476 [13JN], 15579-15582, 15594 [14JN]

———sundry Senators, 15473 [13JN]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, 15416 [10JN]

Developments in telephone industry, Public Utilities Commission of South Dakota, 27422 [5OC]

Election projections: Ernest Leiser for CBS, 28220 [18OC]

———William J. Small for NBC, 28220 [18OC]

FCC access charge plan, Nebraska Public Service Commission, 27144 [4OC]

FCC and the Universal Service Fund: Senator Pressler, 7773 [7AP]

FCC rule changes affecting television, Robert Rice, for WRAU-TV (Peoria, Ill.), 21267 [27JY]

FCC telephone access charge decision: Sec. of Commerce Baldrige, 30578 [2NO], 31640 [8NO]

Funding U.S. radio broadcasts to Communist countries, Europe, and the Soviet Union, Dept. of State, 15110 [9JN]

Moratorium on rule changes affecting television networks, Paul W. Critchlow, 18269 [29JN]

Opening up the Japanese telecommunications market: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 30150 [31OC]

Polling place closing times, 26551 [29SE]

Radio Broadcast to Cuba Act (S. 602): Norman Luxenburg, 23529 [12SE]

———Dept. of State, 3790 [3MR]

Response to Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act (sundry), 31867 [9NO]

Retention of television network financial interest and syndication rules, National Education Association, 6701 [22MR]

Review telephone rate increase requests (sundry), 19675, 19676 [18JY]

Telecommunications trade agreement with Japan: several Members, 30150 [31OC]

Telephone industry deregulation: Senator Pressler, 1265 [1FE]

———Women Involved in Farm Economics, 1266 [1FE]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: FCC, 30734 [3NO]

———National Council of Senior Citizens, 32173 [10NO]

———Pat Qualls, 32144 [10NO]

———sundry, 31523 [8NO], 32174 [10NO]

Voice of America modernization, USIA, 34588 [18NO]

Volunteer administered amateur radio operator examinations: Senator Goldwater, 30719 [3NO]

Lists

Ham radio operators monitoring Grenada military action, 30419 [2NO]

Voice of America broadcasts covering Jewish emigration and Soviet religious persecution, 25371 [22SE]

Memorials of legislature

AT&T divestiture: California, 24819 [20SE]

Mount Constitution transmitter: Washington, 14697 [7JN]

National public safety telecommunications policy: California, 23807 [15SE], 23808 [13SE]

National Telecommunications and Information System grant requirements: Washington, 16185 [16JN]

Public safety telecommunications policy: California, 22726 [3AU]

Telecommunications policy: California, 26067 [28SE]

Telephone access charges: Massachusetts, 20503 [22JY]

Petitions

Cable telecommunications: Cambridge, Mass., City Council, 31130 [7NO]

Cable Telecommunications Act: Garden City, Mich., 33191 [16NO]

———Arlington, Tex., City Council, 14699 [7JN], 16186 [16JN]

———Collier Township, Pa., Board of Commissioners, 28660 [20OC]

———Irving, Tex., City Council, 9490 [21AP]

———Lockport, N.Y., City Council, 22 [3JA]

———Madison Heights, Mich., City Council, 20667 [25JY]

———Oak Park, Mich., City Council, 19175 [14JY]

———Park Forest, Ill., 15158 [9JN]

———Ypsilanti, Mich., City Council, 22727 [3AU]

CATV contract rights: Hallandale, Fla., City Commission, 11275 [5MY]

FCC telephone access charge decision: Sec. of Commerce Baldrige, 31640 [8NO]

Radio Liberty: Temouir Schalamberidze, 23738 [12SE]

Sexually suggestive telephone messages: Independence, Mo., City Council, 23738 [12SE]

Telecommunications Act: Wixom, Mich., City Council, 19808 [19JY]

Universal telephone service: Anderson County, Tenn., Democratic Party, 28325 [19OC]

Preamble

Intelsat Establishment (1962), 32642 [15NO]

Press releases

AT&T, Western Electric ratings placed on credit watch by S&P: Standard & Poor's, 34744 [18NO]

CB radio ``impaired driver alert'' program will help disabled drunk driving, CB Radio Coalition Against Drunk Driving, 27417 [5OC]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act conflict of interest question resolved, Representative Lent, 30324 [1NO]

Remarks in House

American Council for Better Broadcasts: grant charter (H.R. 4461), 34746 [18NO]

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.: divestiture, 27421 [5OC], 29688 [27OC]

———impact of divestiture, 19097 [13JY]

Bell System: procurement practices, 15539 [13JN]

Broadcast licences: establish procedures (H.R. 2382, 29703 [27OC]

Broadcasters: responsiveness to community needs, 23427 [4AU]

Cable Consumer Protection Act: introduction (H.R. 4299), 31634 [8NO]

Cable systems: amend copyright laws (H.R. 1388), 2082 [10FE]

Cable television: copyright royalty fee structure (H.R. 2902), 11144 [4MY]

———provide national policy (H.R. 4103), 27908, 27915, 27927 [7OC], 29480 [26OC]

Cellular radio service: prohibit random selection system (H.R. 4340), 31876 [9NO]

Children's Television Education Act: introduction (H.R. 4097), 27415 [5OC]

Commercial broadcast industry: reform, 10836 [3MY]

Communication Workers of America: dedication to public, 24254 [14SE]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, 33351 [18NO]

Cuba: provide for radio broadcasts to (H.R. 2298), 7446 [24MR]

Danchev, Vladimir: Soviet newscaster fired for truthful reporting, 18264 [29JN]

Dartigalongue, Henry: tribute, 10665 [2MY]

Direct Communications Links and Other Measures To Enhance Stability: endorsement of report, 20946 [26JY]

Drunk driving: program to deter, 27417 [5OC]

Educational television: increase programing (H.R. 4097), 27415 [5OC]

Elections: regulations governing (H.R. 4140), 28219 [18OC]

Ethnic Affairs Clearinghouse Broadcasting Act: enact (H.R. 3105), 23366 [4AU]

FCC: deregulation, 27173 [4OC]

———enforcement practices, 30576 [2NO]

———impact of repeal of multiple ownership rule on minorities, 27938 [7OC]

———moratorium on certain rule changes affecting television networks (H.R. 2250), 6700, 6701 [22MR], 7527 [24MR]

———moratorium on repeal of multiple ownership rule (H.R. 4120), 27938 [7OC]

———moratorium on rule changes affecting television networks (H.R. 2250), 20432 [21JY]

———moratorium on rule changes (H.R. 2250), 18269 [29JN], 18306 [30JN]

———prevent repeal of syndication rules (H.R. 2250), 24757 [19SE]

———prohibit access charge decision, 30578 [2NO]

———rule changes affecting television networks, 21267 [27JY]

Foreign telecommunications carriers: regulate entry (H.R. 2297), 6838 [23MR]

Gillilands family: tribute, 23765 [12SE]

High-technology products: encourage production, 24249 [14SE]

Intelsat: tribute to Richard R. Colino, 34909 [18NO]

Interactive telecommunications: benefits to education, 33944 [17NO]

International broadcasting: funding, 11566 [9MY]

International broadcasting stations: political value to U.S., 25979, 25999 [27SE]

International Communications Reorganization Act: introduction (H.R. 2527), 8445 [13AP]

International telecommunications: promote competition (H.R. 4464), 33962 [17NO]

Japan: Nippon Telephone & Telegraph procurement agreement, 15311 [9JN]

KERO-TV (Kern County, Calif.): anniversary, 25197 [21SE]

Lent, Representative: advisory opinion relative to conflict of interest, 30324 [1NO]

Local phone calls: efforts to control cost, 18560 [11JY]

McCaffrey, Joseph: retirement, 29265 [25OC]

Minority Telecommunications Development Act: enact (H.R. 1155), 1994 [8FE]

Minority Telecommunications Ownership Tax Act: introduction (H.R. 2331), 9320 [20AP]

National Public Radio: funding, 22343 [2AU]

Neukomm, Robert: relays ham radio information on situation in Grenada, 29706 [27OC]

New York, N.Y.: support program for elderly, 33272 [16NO]

News stories: verification of sources, 21268 [27JY]

Personal computers: encourage donations to primary and secondary schools (H.R. 5573), 14400 [2JN]

Polling places: closing times, 26550 [29SE]

Prerecorded phone messages: prevent access to obscene, 34162 [18NO]

Public broadcasting: funding, 6506 [22MR]

Public radio: funding, 27425 [5OC]

Radio broadcast: call for correction, 21279 [27JY]

Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act: consideration of S. 602 to enact (H. Res. 312), 25450-25452 [22SE]

———enact (S. 602), enrollment corrections, 25450 [22SE]

Radio Free Europe: need to modernize, 23957 [13SE]

Radio Free Europe/Liberty: access to congressional press galleries, 12692 [17MY]

Radio Liberty: need to modernize, 23957 [13SE]

Radio Marti: provide (S. 602), 26444-26457 [29SE]

Reagan, President: Voice of America speech, 25999 [27SE]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: introduction (H.R. 3050), 12974 [18MY], 13190, 13191 [19MY]

Santa Cruz, Calif.: tribute to Del Mar Middle School peace through communication project, 25225 [21SE]

Savitch, Jessica: tribute, 29483 [26OC]

Shaughnessy, John W., Jr.: tribute, 28227 [18OC]

Spivak, Lawrence E.: television industry service award recipient, 15755 [14JN]

Stroube, Hal: tribute, 23430 [4AU]

Telecommunications: Federal/State Joint Board industry recommendations, 8696 [14AP]

Telephone: access charge plan, 27141 [4OC], 31092, 31128 [7NO], 31640 [8NO]

———control of rate increases, 19711 [18JY]

———establish universal service fund, 27421 [5OC]

———limitations on disclosure of toll records information, 1497 [2FE]

———local rate increases, 20693 [25JY]

———prohibit FCC access charge decision, 27421 [5OC]

———rate increases, 24253 [14SE], 24750 [19SE], 29688 [27OC]

———require study of regulatory changes affecting industry (H. Res. 231), 20166 [20JY]

———retain universal services, 20418 [21JY], 24249 [14SE]

———retain universal services (H.R. 4102), 29891 [28OC]

———retain universal services (H. Con. Res. 150), 21284 [27JY]

———retain universal services (H.R. 3440), 19370 [14JY], 20166 [20JY]

———retain universal services (H.R. 3621), 20462 [21JY], 20693 [25JY]

———retain universal services (H.R. 3647), 21553 [28JY]

———retain universal services (H.R. 3671), 21261 [27JY]

———review rate increase requests, 15692 [14JN], 15996 [15JN], 16411 [20JN]

———universal service (H.R. 3522), 19360 [14JY]

———universal service (H.R. 4295), 30878 [3NO], 31891 [9NO]

Telephone rates: impact of deregulation, 12966 [18MY]

———impact of rate increases, 17669 [28JN]

———review requests for increases, 17501 [27JN], 18386 [30JN]

Television: deregulation of financial interest and syndication rules (H.R. 2550), 11561 [9MY]

———impact of children's programs, 28245 [18OC]

———impact of early network projections, 27181 [4OC]

———impact of syndication and financial rules on minority business, 20432 [21JY]

Television and radio: deregulate (H.R. 2370), 7522 [24MR]

———quantify public responsibilty requirements (H.R. 2370), 7522 [24MR]

Television networks: moratorium on FCC rule changes (H.R. 2250), 8448 [13AP], 8503 [13AP], 18306 [30JN]

Television syndication rules: moratorium on modifications (H.R. 2250), 31429-31434 [8NO]

TV programing: retain FCC regulations to provide (H.R. 2250), 14381 [2JN]

U.S. telecommunications carriers: access to foreign markets (H.R. 2297), 6838 [23MR]

U.S.-U.S.S.R. Communication Center: establish, 904 [26JA]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact, 23373 [4AU]

———enact (H.R. 3621, 4102, 4295), rule for consideration, 31734 [9NO]

———enact (H.R. 4102), 30264 [1NO], 30578 [2NO], 30924 [4NO], 31093 [7NO], 31309 [7NO], 31427, 31428, 31511, 31523 [8NO], 31640 [8NO], 31729, 31730, 31731, 31732, 31733, 31734, 31735 [9NO], 31856, 31867, 31887 [9NO], 32131, 32132 [10NO], 32136, 32145, 32146 [11NO], 32147 [18NO], 32156 [11NO], 32165 [16NO]-32196 [10NO], 32215 [10NO]-32305 [11NO], 34744, 34911 [18NO], 34948 [14DE]

———enact (H.R. 4102), Tauke amendment, 31733 [9NO]

———enact (H.R. 4102), request for rule, 30914 [3NO]

———enact (H.R. 4295), 31891 [9NO]

———enact (H.R 4102), engrossment corrections, 32504 [14NO]

Vocational education: utilization of television, radio, and other communications techniques to expand (H.R. 3281), 15654 [14JN]

Voice of America: access to congressional press galleries, 12692 [17MY]

———importance of broadcasts, 3687 [2MR]

———need to modernize, 21290 [27JY], 23957 [13SE]

———Soviet jamming, 17230 [23JN]

WAND-TV (Decatur, Ill.): anniversary, 23454 [4AU]

WGNY-Radio, Goshen, N.Y.: anniversary, 1537 [2FE]

WNVC-TV (Falls Church, Va.): tribute, 16682 [21JN]

World Communications Day: observance, 12666 [17MY]

WRNO Worldwide-Radio (Metairie, La.): broadcasting of U.S music and culture to European continent and Canada, 21745 [29JY]

———worldwide broadcasting ratings, 21745 [29JY]

Remarks in Senate

Amateur radio operators: volunteer administered examinations (S. 2045), 30718 [3NO]

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.: delay effect of FCC decision (S. 1830), 23549 [12SE]

Board for International Broadcasting Act: amend (S. 1198), 10973 [4MY]

Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act: introduction (S. 694), 4076 [7MR]

Broadcast Deregulation Act: enact (S. 55), 2420-2424 [17FE]

Cable Telecommunications Act: enact (S. 66), 15451-15487 [13JN], 15560-15568, 15573-15599 [14JN]

———enact (S. 66), unanimous-consent agreement, 15439 [13JN]

———introduction (S. 66), 629 [26JA]

Cable television franchise fees: deregulation (S. 1308), 12802 [18MY]

Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: congressional consent (S. 1581), 18007 [29JN]

Children's Television Tax Credit Act: introduction (S. 1153), 10024 [27AP]

Communications Act: amend (S. 1831), 23549 [12SE]

Competition in Television Production Act: introduction (S. 1707), 21571 [29JY]

Consumer Video Sales/Rental Amendment Act: introduction (S. 33), 556 [26JA]

Corporation for Public Broadcasting: nomination of Richard Brookhiser to the Board of Directors, 2294 [16FE]

———nomination of Sharon P. Rockefeller to the Board of Directors, 2292 [16FE]

Disabled: telephone equipment, 22451 [3AU]

FCC: authorize appropriations (S. 607), 3119 [28FE]

———financial interest and syndicated rules, 22175 [2AU]

———redefinition of community for licensing purposes, 34583 [18NO]

———universal telephone service and access fee decision, 30734 [3NO]

Foreign nationals: compensation (S. 736), 4446 [9MR]

Free Market Copyright Royalty Act: introduction (S. 1270), 12109 [12MY]

Freedom of Expression Act: introduction (S. 1917), 26893 [3OC]

Geneen, Harold S.: tribute, 9700 [26AP]

Ham radio operators: tribute, 30419 [2NO]

Home Phone Act: introduction (S. 1677), 20583 [25JY]

Home Recording Act: introduction (S. 31), 556 [26JA]

Intelsat: tribute, 32642 [15NO]

International Telecommunications Act: introduction (S. 999), 7792 [7AP]

Preservation of Telephone Service for Disabled Ratepayers Act: introduction (S. 1828), 23548 [12SE]

Public broadcasting: funding, 2231 [15FE]

Radio Broadcast to Cuba Act: enact (S. 602), 21337-21341 [28JY], 21595, 21597 [29JY], 22143 [2AU], 22440 [3AU], 23528-23539 [12SE], 23784-23794 [13SE], 24106 [14SE]

———enact (S. 602), cloture motion, 22441 [3AU]

———enact (S. 602), enrollment correction, 24859 [20SE]

———enact (S. 602), unanimous-consent agreement, 21597 [29JY]

———unanimous-consent request relative to Congressional Budget Act waiver of S. 602 (S. Res. 160), 21326 [28JY]

———waive the Congressional Budget Act relative to S. 602 (S. Res. 160), 21326-21337 [28JY]

———introduction (S. 659), 3789 [3MR]

Radio Marti: establish, 23044, 23056 [4AU]

———provide for (S. 602), 2943 [24FE]

Record Rental Amendment Act: introduction (S 32), 556 [26JA]

Residential telephone customers: prohibit flat monthly long-distance access charge (S.J. Res. 151), 23000 [4AU]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: enact, 16736 [22JN]

———enact (S. 1300), 14086 [26MY]

Soviet religious persecution: Voice of America broadcasts, 25369 [22SE]

Soviet Union: jamming of international radio broadcasts (S. Con. Res. 37), 13135 [19MY]

Telecommunications: equipment trade deficit, 34588 [18NO]

———trade agreement with Japan, 30149 [31OC]

Telecommunications Act: enact (S. 66), 18076 [29JN]

Telephone: review rate increase requests (S. 1626), 19674 [18JY]

Telephone industry: deregulation, 1265 [1FE]

Telephone rates: increases in local, 18065 [29JN]

———increases in local (S. 1626), 19406 [15JY]

TV programs: improve, 2231 [15FE], 2294 [16FE]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: introduction (S. 1660), 20368, 20372 [21JY]

Voice of America: funding, 21163 [27JY]

———modernization, 26398 [29SE]

———Soviet jamming of broadcasts, 25366-25368 [22SE]

———transmitter facilities, 25277-25282 [22SE]

Reports

Leap Before You Look—The FCC's Access Charge Decision (H. Rept. 98-454), 30335 [1NO]

Radio Broadcast to Cuba Act (S. 602), Library of Congress (excerpts), 23536 [12SE]

Radio Marti—Getting the Truth to Cuba, Heritage Foundation, 15731 [14JN]

Time To Turn Up the Voice of America, Heritage Foundation, 21290 [27JY]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Telephone Rate Increases—Causes and Questions, 27429 [5OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Cable Telecommunications Act (S. 66): Evanston, Ill., 15288 [9JN]

Statements

Cable Telecommunications Act (S. 66): National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, 15477 [13JN]

———Senator Gorton, 15575, 15584 [14JN]

Children's Television Tax Credit Act (S. 1153) (sundry), 10024 [27AP]

Election Projections: William A. Leonard for CBS (excerpt), 28219 [18OC]

FCC Deregulation, Representative Downey, 27173 [4OC]

FCC Financial Interest and Syndication Rules (sundry), 18307 [30JN]

Impact of FCC Television Rules on Minority Business; David Ochoa, for Buenavision Cable Co., 20433 [21JY]

Nomination of Richard R. Colino as Director General of Intelsat: William Schneider, 34909 [18NO]

Poland`s ``New Consciousness'', Lech Walesa (excerpt), 23744 [12SE]

Radio Broadcast to Cuba Act (S. 602) (sundry excerpts), 23538 [12SE]

Radio Is a Vital Link, Norman Protsman (excerpt), 2410 [17FE]

Soviet Jamming of Voice of America Broadcasts, Kenneth Tomlinson, 25367 [22SE]

Voice of America: President Reagan, 26399, 26400 [29SE]

Summaries

H.R. 3050, Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act, 13191-13194 [19MY]

Minority Telecommunications Development Act, 1994 [8FE]

S. 66, Cable Telecommunications Act, 633 [26JA]

S. 1660, Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act, 20370 [21JY]

Tables

Avoid tunnel vision—look at the whole picture, 32305 [11NO]

Cable Telecommunications Act (S. 66) (sundry), 15472-15473 [13JN]

FCC access charge plan—impact on rural areas, 27142 [4OC]

Impact of H.R. 4102, telephone service access charge, 31093 [7NO]

State telephone rate requests and awards, 20370 [21JY]

States which would receive more funds under the universal telephone service fund in Tauke amendment to Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act, 31733 [9NO]

Summary of local telephone rate increases, 20693 [25JY]

U.S. trade in electronic-based products, 34588, 34589 [18NO]

Universal telephone service preservation impact: selected data, 30735 [3NO]

USIA budget requests, 25280 [22SE]

Voice of America transmitter enhancement funds, 25280 [22SE]

Testimonies

Developments in Telephone Industry, Representative Daschle, 27421 [5OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 150, universal telephone service, 21285 [27JY]

H. Res. 231, review of telephone rate increase requests, 15996 [15JN]

H.R. 2250, modifications moratorium on television syndication rules, 7531 [24MR], 31429 [8NO]

H.R. 2297, regulate entry of foreign telecommunications carriers into U.S. markets under terms reciprocal with access to foreign markets of U.S. telecommunications carriers, 6838 [23MR]

H.R. 2331, Minority Telecommunications Ownership Tax Act, 9321 [20AP]

H.R. 2527, International Communications Reorganization Act, 8445 [13AP]

H.R. 4097, Children's Television Education Act, 27416 [5OC]

S. 31, Home Recording Act, 557-563 [26JA]

S. 32, Record Rental Amendment Act, 563 [26JA]

S. 33, Consumer Video Sales/Rental Amendment Act, 563 [26JA]

S. 55, Broadcast Deregulation Act, 2420-2422 [17FE]

S. 66, Cable Telecommunications Act, 630-633 [26JA], 15595-15599 [14JN]

S. 602, provide for broadcasting of accurate information to the people of Cuba, 26444 [29SE]

S. 602, Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, 23792 [13SE]

S. 659, Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, 3789 [3MR]

S. 694, Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, 4077 [7MR]

S. 736, compensation of foreign nationals, 4446 [9MR]

S. 999, International Telecommunications Act, 7793-7798 [7AP]

S. 1198, amend the Board for International Broadcasting Act, 10973 [4MY]

S. 1234, grant the Norden (sailing vessel) coastwise privileges, 11514 [9MY]

S. 1270, Free Market Copyright Royalty Act, 12109 [12MY]

S. 1626, regulation of increases in local telephone rates, 19407 [15JY], 19675 [18JY]

S. 1660, Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act, 20369 [21JY]

S. 1677, Home Phone Act, 20584 [25JY]

S. 1707, Competition in Television Production Act, 21572 [29JY]

S. 1828, Preservation of Telephone Service for Disabled Ratepayers Act, 23549 [12SE]

S. 1830, Universal Telephone Service Act, 23549 [12SE]

S. 1831, Access Charge Moratorium Act, 23549 [12SE]

S. 1917, Freedom of Expression Act, 26894 [3OC]

S. 2045, volunteer administered examinations for amateur radio operators, 30719 [3NO]

S. Con. Res. 37, Soviet jamming of international radio broadcasts, 13135 [19MY]

S.J. Res. 151, prohibit flat monthly long-distance access charge on residential telephone customers, 23001 [4AU]