COMMUNICATIONS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Broadcasting stations: procedures for renewal, assignment, and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 1977)

Cable television: eliminate requirement for carrying certain out-of-State broadcast signals (see H.R. 1837)

———local carriage rules (see S. 584)

Campaign debates: broadcasting stations' equal time requirements (see S. 1806)

Children: quality of radio and television programs taken into account in station license renewal (see H.R. 2363)

Children's Television Education Act: enact (see H.R. 3216)

Copyright: retransmission of programs originated by broadcast stations (see H.R. 3843)

Copyrights: retransmission of programs originated by broadcast stations (see H.R. 3339)

Elections: broadcasting of certain material relative to candidates for Federal office (see H.R. 3045)

———broadcasting of certain material relative to candidates for Federal offices (see H.R. 3351, 3440, 3799)

———broadcasting of certain material relative to canditates for Federal offices (see H.R. 3351)

Fairness doctrine: repeal (see S. 1038)

FCC: authorize appropriations (see S. 999)

———hearings prior to granting license transfer involving request for waiver of ownership rules (see H.R. 3723)

Minorities: greater participation in telecommunication (see H.R. 308)

Public broadcasting: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3217)

———improve funding method (see H.R. 2500)

Radio and television stations: sale of time for editorial advertisements (see H.R. 1570)

Telephones: protect domestic commerce and competition in terminal equipment (see H.R. 2037)

———specialized equipment for hearing-impaired persons (see S. 402)

Television: clarify policies on right to view satellite-transmitted programs (see H.R. 1840)

———encourage cable systems to carry local broadcast signals (see S. 1881; H.R. 3807)

———marketing and distribution of satellite-transmitted programming to Earth stations (see S. 1618)

———prohibit encoding of satellite-transmitted programs until decoding devices are available at reasonable prices (see H.R. 3989)

Court decisions

FCC v. League of Women Voters: Supreme Court, 10106 [1MY]

Opinions

Radio transmission interference citations: FCC, 166 [3JA]

Remarks in House

Amend (H.R. 2500), 11738 [14MY]

Children: quality of radio and television programs taken into account in station license renewal (H.R. 2363), 10492 [6MY]

Elections: broadcasting of certain material relative to candidates for Federal offices (H.R. 3799), 32896 [20NO]

Satellite television signals: encryption, 27574 [16OC]

Satellite-transmitted television programming: clarify policies on viewing rights (H.R. 1840), 6888 [28MR], 9351 [24AP], 27574 [16OC], 30455 [5NO], 30623 [5NO]

Television: clarify policies on right to view satellite-transmitted programs (H.R. 1840), 6888 [28MR], 9351 [24AP], 27574 [16OC], 30455 [5NO], 30623 [5NO]

Remarks in Senate

Amend: eliminate malicious interference with radio transmissions (S. 66), 165 [3JA], 5365 [19MR]

Campaign debates: equal access requirements (S. 1806), 29495 [29OC]

Fairness doctrine: repeal (S. 1038), 10106 [1MY]

Television: encourage cable systems to carry local broadcast signals (S. 1881), 33401 [22NO]

Statements

Freedom of Expression: Thomas Jefferson, 10106 [1MY]

Texts of

Provisions (excerpt), 10856 [7MY]

S. 1038, repeal of fairness doctrine, 10107 [1MY]