TELEPHONES

Addresses

Accomplishments of GSA: Gerald P. Carmen, 6862-6865 [28MR]

AT&T Bell Laboratories a Key Player in Telecommunications Industry: Ian M. Ross, 6317 [21MR]

Bell Breakup—New Opportunities To Diversify: James MacAllister, 7746 [4AP]

Amendments

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: enact (H.R. 3050), 3351 [27FE], 3589 [28FE], 3941 [29FE], 4006, 4008, 4015, 4018 [1MR]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact (S. 1660), 55 [23JA], 701 [27JA]

Analyses

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act (H.R. 3050): Library of Congress, 3692 [28FE]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act (S. 1660): Dept. of Defense, 516, 537 [26JA]

Articles and editorials

Area Firms Plan New State Long-Distance Phone Service, 16596 [14JN]

Computer Communications Vulnerable as Privacy Laws Lag Behind Technology, 6096-6101 [21MR]

Congress Misdials on Phone Break-Up, 34 [23JA]

Dial M for Murk, 2378 [8FE]

Loophole in Law Raises Concern About Privacy in Computer Age, 6096 [21MR]

Mr. Reagan Says It's Okay, 1277 [1FE]

Nine Billion Dollars Phone Bill?, 33 [23JA]

Of Politics and Telephones, 33 [23JA]

Phone-Tapping Adventures, 1277 [1FE]

Power Play on the Potomac, 31308 [10OC]

Secret Tape Recordings—Unethical?, 1277 [1FE]

Stronger Safeguards for Privacy, 1277 [1FE]

Subsidizing Rural Phones, 32 [23JA]

Telephone Access Charges, 27 [23JA], 199 [24JA]

Telephone Dangers, 32 [23JA]

Universal Phone Ripoff, 33 [23JA]

USIA Director Tapes Telephone Conversations (excerpt), 207 [24JA]

Bills and resolutions

Basic service at reasonable rates (see S. Res. 353)

Cellular Communications Minority Opportunities Act: enact (see H.R. 5957)

Companies: transfer of employees (see H.R. 4636)

Elections: criminal penalty for exit polling done with intent to reveal results prematurely (see H.R. 6431)

Electronic Surveillance Act: enact (see H.R. 6343)

Federal employees: forbid recording of conversations without the consent of all parties (see H.R. 5873)

———prohibit taping of own conversations with other people while acting in official capacity (see S. 2669)

Lifeline service (see H.R. 4844)

Local governments: limit access charges on use by (see H.R. 6155)

Long-distance calls: use of credit cards by all companies (see H. Res. 473)

Minimize impact of AT&T divestiture (see S. Res. 308)

Pornography: eliminate transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material over interstate telephone (see S. 2769)

Recording of conversations: restriction for public officers and employees (see H.R. 4826)

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund: financial integrity (see S. 2646; H.R. 4943, 5816)

Satellite communications: promote industry competition (see H.R. 5724)

Taping of conversations (see S. 2205; H.R. 4620, 4651)

Telecommunications Employees' Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 5391)

Comments

FCC access charge on telephone service: Iowa State Commerce Commission, 539 [26JA]

Court decisions

U.S. v. Western Electric Co., Inc., 26 [23JA], 524 [26JA]

Letters

Electronic surveillance: Committee on the Judiciary, 6095 [21MR]

———Dept. of Justice, 1272 [1FE], 1568, 1569, 1576 [2FE], 6095 [21MR]

———National Security Council, 1568 [2FE]

Elimination of transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material over cable television and interstate telephone: Mark S. Fowler, 16575 [14JN]

———Stephen S. Trott, 16575 [14JN]

FCC access charge on telephone service: Alfred E. Kahn, 551 [26JA]

———American Library Association, 546 [26JA]

———Association of Research Libraries, 546 [26JA]

———AT&T, 522 [26JA], 702 [27JA]

———Bell Atlantic, 522 [26JA], 702 [27JA]

———Central Services Organizations, 522 [26JA], 702 [27JA]

———Charles L. Brown for AT&T, 402 [25JA]

———Dept. of Defense, 515, 537 [26JA]

———Doug Estes, 407 [25JA]

———Economics and Technology, Inc., 197-199 [24JA]

———George Crouch, 407 [25JA]

———Golden West Telephone Cooperative, 406 [25JA]

———Ingebert Fauske, 407 [25JA]

———Iowa State Commerce Commission, 539 [26JA]

———John Sloan, Jr., for the National Federation of Independent Business, Inc., 10720 [2MY]

———Kansas Telephone Association, 39 [23JA]

———Ken Poppe, 407 [25JA]

———Kenneth J. Arrow, 200 [24JA]

———Leland L. Johnson, 548 [26JA]

———libraries (sundry), 543-546 [26JA]

———Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman, 521 [26JA]

———Senator Dixon, 196, 200 [24JA]

———Senator Dole, 34 [23JA]

———Senator Exon, 401 [25JA]

———Senator Tower, 515 [26JA]

———several Members of Congress, 10720 [2MY]

———several Senators, 35-37 [23JA]

———Twin Valley Telephone Inc., 38 [23JA]

———University of South Dakota, 545 [26JA]

———William B. Garrison, Jr., 549-551 [26JA]

Financial integrity of the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund (Dear Colleague), 11263-11264 [8MY]

Impact of AT&T divestiture: American Information Technologies, 525 [26JA]

———BellSouth Corp., 525 [26JA]

———Charles L. Brown for AT&T, 524 [26JA]

———Dept. of Justice, 524 [26JA]

———Mountain Bell, 524 [26JA]

———Northwestern Bell, 524 [26JA]

———NYNEX Corp., 525 [26JA]

———Pacific Northwest Bell, 524 [26JA]

———Southwestern Bell, 524 [26JA]

Nonprofit bibliographic service charges: Mark S. Fowler, 15845 [12JN]

———several Senators, 15845 [12JN]

———South Dakota librarians, 15844 [12JN]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 24596 [7SE]

———Dept. of Agriculture, 15764 [11JN]

———Eldon L. Ricker, Rideta Electric Cooperative, Inc., 3895 [29FE]

———several Senators, 23233 [9AU]

———(sundry), 4008 [1MR], 30644, 30645 [5OC], 31306, 31307 [10OC]

Lists

FCC actions relative to access charge on telephone service, 546 [26JA]

Kansas Coordinating Committee telephone company members, 39 [23JA]

South Dakota libraries involved in electronic interlibrary loan program, 543 [26JA]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 13079 [21MY], 15611 [11JN]

Kentucky, 10243 [26AP], 12439 [16MY]

Michigan, 881 [30JA]

Motion

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact (S. 1660), 407 [25JA]

Orders

Telephone access charge delay: FCC, 39 [23JA]

Rural electric and telephone revolving fund: Mor Gran Sou Electric Cooperative, Inc., 13078 [21MY]

Questions and answers

REA revolving fund, 4026 [1MR]

Remarks in House

Businesses: proposed telephone access charges, 10189, 10269 [26AP]

Credit cards: fraudulent use, 7253 [30MR]

FCC: economic effects of access charge, 15488 [7JN]

Lifeline Services Telephone Act: enact (H.R. 4814), 2661 [9FE]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Act: enact (H.R. 5816), 15763 [11JN]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: enact (H.R. 3050), 3864, 3882-3895 [29FE], 3995, 4005-4035, 4245 [1MR], 4727 [6MR]

———enact (H.R. 3050), authorizing technical corrections, 4035 [1MR]

Telecommunication Workers' Protection Act: introduction (H.R. 4636), 345 [24JA]

Telecommunications Employees' Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5391), 10392 [30AP]

———introduction (H.R. 5391), 7997 [5AP]

Telephone conversations: penalties for nonconsensual recording by Government officers or employees (H.R. 4826), 2613 [9FE]

Wire and oral communications: prohibit tape recording withhout consent of all parties (H.R. 4651), 357 [25JA]

Remarks in Senate

AT&T: impact of divestiture, 7746 [4AP]

Cable Porn and Dial Porn Control Act: enact (S. 2769), 16574, 16576 [14JN]

Conversations: prohibit secret recording, 1023-1028 [31JA], 1270-1280 [1FE], 1568-1578, 1581 [2FE]

———prohibitions on recordings (S. 2205), 206 [24JA]

FCC: access charge, 1366 [1FE], 10720 [2MY]

Federal employees: prohibit taping of conversations while acting in official capacity (S. 2669), 12023 [14MY]

GSA: accomplishments, 6862 [28MR]

Minority Telecommunications Ownership Tax Act: enact (S. 2987), 25016 [12SE]

Pornography: eliminate transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material over cable television and interstate telephone (S. 2769), 16574, 16576 [14JN]

Rural areas: exempt certain electric and telephone facilities from right-of-way rental payments (H.R. 2211), 11743 [10MY], 12191 [15MY]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund: financial integrity (S. 1300), 23233 [9AU], 30642-30644 [5OC], 30888 [9OC], 31305-31319 [10OC], 31813, 31991, 31999, 32084 [11OC]

———insure financial integrity (S. 2646), 11262 [8MY]

Service: support (S. Res. 308), 221 [24JA]

Service and charges: regarding (S. Res. 353), 3176 [23FE]

Telecommunications: minority ownership investment credits (S. 2987), 25016 [12SE]

Telecommunications Trade Act: introduction (S. 2618), 10470-10476 [1MY]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact (S. 1660), 22-40 [23JA], 189 [24JA], 399-407 [25JA], 515 [26JA], 912 [30JA], 1366 [1FE], 15844 [12JN]

USIA: recordings of phone conversations by Director, 206 [24JA]

Wire communications: electronic surveillance, 6094 [21MR]

Reports

Exemption of Electric and Telephone Facilities From Certain Right-of-Way Rental Payments: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 2211) (S. Rept. 98-388), 8752 [11AP]

Extension of Protection for Employees in Communications Industry Transferring Between Telephone Companies: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5391) (H. Rept. 98-746), 12321 [15MY]

National Policy Regarding Cable Television: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4103) (H. Rept. 98-934), 21979 [1AU]

Prohibit Recording of Conversations Made on Federal Telecommunications Systems: Committee on Government Operations (H.R. 4620) (H. Rept. 98-815), 14688 [31MY]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1300) (S. Rept. 98-545), 20118 [29JN]

———Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 98-602), 3587 [28FE]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: Library of Congress, 4021 [1MR]

Telephone Conversation Recording by Federal Officers and Employees Forbidden Without Consent of Parties: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5873) (H. Rept. 98-905, 21056 [25JY]

Statements

FCC Access Charge on Telephone Service: Alfred E. Kahn, 201 [24JA]

Impact of AT&T Divestiture: Alfred E. Kahn, 529 [26JA]

International Telecommunications: Dept. of Commerce, 10476 [1MY]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 32000 [11OC]

Studies

Economic Issues of a Changing Telecommunications Industry: Joint Committee on Economics, 530-535 [26JA]

FCC Access Charge on Telephone Service: CBO, 400 [25JA]

Telephones—Pricing Problem: Joint Committee on Economics, 203 [24JA]

Summaries

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Proposals, 4027 [1MR], 11265 [8MY]

Telecommunications Trade Act (S. 2618), 10475 [1MY]

Tables

Comsat legislation, 14333 [24MY]

Revenue allocation of universal telephone service fund, 525 [26JA]

Texts of

H.R. 5391, Telecommunications Employees' Protection Act, 7997 [5AP]

S. 2205, prohibitions on recordings of telephone conversations, 207 [24JA]

S. 2618, Telecommunications Trade Act, 10472 [1MY]

S. 2669, prohibition on taping of telephone conversations by Federal employees acting in official capacity, 12023 [14MY]

S. 2769, Cable Porn and Dial Porn Control Act, 16577 [14JN]

S. Res. 308, support to ensure service, 221 [24JA]

S. Res. 353, regarding telephone services and charges, 3176 [23FE]

Sec. 223, Communications Act (excerpt), 16577 [14JN]

Title 18, sec. 1464, U.S. Code, 16575 [14JN]

Title 18, U.S. Code, sec. 2511, recording of communications (excerpts), 206 [24JA]