FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Addresses

American Bar Association Annual Meeting: Representative Dingell, 18942 [11JY]

AT&T Divestiture Case: Mimi Dawson, 38831 [20DE]

Grand Illusion of Equality: Bernard C. Topper, Jr., 5050 [7MR]

Articles and editorials

Affirmatively Activated Loophole?, 16152 [18JN]

AT&T Reaches Out for a New Monopoly, 578 [3JA]

Being Fair to the Fairness Doctrine, 24186 [18SE]

FCC Is on the Right Track, 22387 [1AU]

Federal Help Needed To Give Children Choice, 22388 [1AU]

Fowler's FCC Tells Kids To Get Lost, 22389 [1AU]

Give AT&T Some Room on Rates, 578 [3JA]

New Checks, Balances Affect FCC Policymaking, 9185-9187 [24AP]

Bills and resolutions

Antennas: discriminatory and unduly restrictive regulations (see S. Res. 35)

Appropriations: authorize (see S. 999)

AT&T: permit Bell operating companies to provide information services and to manufacture telecommunications equipment, subject to FCC regulations (see H.R. 3800)

Broadcasting stations: abolish fairness doctrine and equal time rule (see S. 22)

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

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

Crime and criminals: assignment of particular channel in citizen band radio service for use by neighborhood watch program (see H.R. 1327)

Inter-LATA Telecommunications Competition Act: enact (see H.R. 957)

Licenses: hearings prior to granting transfer in cases involving request for waiver of ownership rules (see H.R. 3723)

Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs: establish (see S. 312; H.R. 1607)

Patents: quotation monitoring unit (3,387,268) (see S. 1573)

Radio and television: discriminatory and unduly restrictive regulations on certain antennas (see S. Res. 36)

Radio signals: willful or malicious interference (see S. 66)

Telecommunication: facilitate deregulation of dominant local acess transport area carrier (see H.R. 957)

Telephone lifeline assistance program: implement (see H. Res. 19)

Telephones: prohibit long-distance carriers to bypass local exchanges (see H.J. Res. 442)

Television: review of acquisition of networks (see S. 1312; H.R. 2904)

Communications from

Accounting and control system: report, 996 (EC249) [24JA], 1212 (EC276) [29JA]

Activities: report, 4298 (EC651) [4MR], 4451 (EC551) [5MR]

Freedom of Information Act: report, 6364 (EC872) [26MR], 6685 (EC743) [28MR]

Government in the Sunshine Act: report, 23008 (EC1949) [9SE]

Report, 19322 (EC1496) [17JY], 19525 (EC1697) [17JY]

Court decisions

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

Factsheets

Minority Telecommunications Ownership Tax Act (H.R. 150), 501 [3JA]

Letters

Computer transmission of matter pertaining to sexual exploitation of children, 15932, 15933 [17JN]

FCC permission for Los Angeles, CA, police dept. to use radio frequency channel: Representative Levine, 37505 [17DE]

Impact of telecommunications rate increases on libraries: (excerpts), 7399 [3AP]

———Mark S. Fowler, 7400 [3AP]

———Senator Pressler, 7399, 7400 [3AP]

Long-distance telephone disclosure form: several Senators, 1531 [31JA]

Public Television Anticonversion Act (H.R. 2394): Sharon P. Rockefeller, 10922 [7MY]

Relocation of the Fort Lauderdale FCC Monitoring Station: sundry, 14605 [6JN]

Telecommunications Trade Act (H.R. 3131): Electronic Industries Association, 22689 [1AU]

Lists

Information and Telecommunications Technologies Group, 22689 [1AU]

Opinions

Radio transmission interference citations, 165 [3JA]

Press releases

Limited preemption of State and local zoning regulation of satellite receive-only Earth station antennas, 6817 [28MR]

Questions and answers

Minority Telecommunications Ownership Tax Act (H.R. 150), 502 [3JA]

Remarks in House

Cable television: FCC licensing regulations, 32890 [20NO]

Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act: enact (H.R. 3339), 25250 [26SE]

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

Children's Television Education Act: enact (H.R. 3216), 22780 [1AU]

Egypt: foster more widespread availability of satellite television viewing (H.R. 1769), 8081 [16AP], 30623 [5NO]

Fort Lauderdale, FL: monitoring station relocation, 14608 [6JN]

Inter-LATA Telecommunications Competition Act: enact (H.R. 957), 2050-2052 [6FE]

International Telecommunications Competition Act: enact (H.R. 1175), 2839 [20FE]

License transfers: require public hearings when waiver of ownership rules is involved (H.R. 3723), 31538 [12NO]

Los Angeles, CA: FCC permission for police dept. to use radio frequency channel, 37505 [17DE]

Low-power television: copyright law and FCC regulations, 22028 [31JY]

Minority Telecommunications Ownership Tax Act: enact (H.R. 150), 501 [3JA]

Neighborhood watch program: establish a citizens band station (H.R. 1327), 3848 [27FE], 3959 [27FE]

Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs: establish (H.R. 1607), 5679 [20MR], 5897 [20MR]

Public Television Anticonversion Act: enact (H.R. 2394), 10921 [7MY]

Satellite systems: licensing, 14614 [6JN]

Telecommunications industry: Modified Final Judgment regulations, 33193 [20NO]

Telecommunications Trade Act: enact (H.R. 3131), 21928 [31JY], 22688 [1AU]

Telephone Terminal Equipment Certification Act: enact (H.R. 2037), 7861 [15AP]

Telephones: bypass of local exchanges by long-distance carriers (H.J. Res. 442), 30488 [5NO]

Remarks in Senate

Children's Television Education Act: enact (S. 1594), 22386 [1AU]

Communications: regulate broadcasting or distribution of obscene material (S. 1090), 10855 [7MY]

———regulatory policies, 9185 [24AP]

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

Fairness doctrine, 27647 [16OC]

Libraries: impact of telecommunications rate increases, 7399 [3AP]

Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs: establish (S. 312), 1237 [29JA]

Patrick, Dennis R.: nomination confirmed, 19777 [19JY]

Radio: prohibit certain restrictions on antennas used by licensed amateur operators (S. Res. 36), 338 [3JA], 1999-2001 [6FE]

Telephones: provide consumer protection measures for interstate toll service (S. 338), 1531-1533 [31JA]

Television: prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions on home satellite dish antennas, 6817 [28MR]

———prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions on home satellite dish antennas (S. Res. 35), 338 [3JA], 1999-2001 [6FE]

———review of acquisition of networks (S. 1312), 16023 [18JN]

Televison: ensure retransmission of local programs by cable systems (S. 584), 4477 [5MR]

Washington Dulles International Airport, VA: funding for improvements (S. 1110), 11029 [8MY]

Washington National Airport, VA: funding for improvements (S. 1110), 11029 [8MY]

Reports

Appropriations: Committee on Communications, Science, and Transportation (S. 999) (S. Rept. 99-63), 12307 [16MY]

Nomination: Dennis R. Patrick, 19598 [18JY]

Statements

Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act (H.R. 3339): Mark S. Fowler (excerpt), 25251 [26SE]

FCC Review of Acquisition of Television Networks, 16023 [18JN]

Television Programming for Children: Henry Rivera, 22386 [1AU]

U.S. Chamber Praises Efforts To Open Telecommunications Markets, 22689 [1AU]

Summaries

Telecommunications Trade Act (H.R. 3131), 21929 [31JY]

Texts of

H.R. 1327, citizens band station for crime prevention groups, 3959 [27FE]

H.R. 1607, establish an Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs, 5897 [20MR]

H.R. 3339, Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act, 25251 [26SE]

H.R. 3723, require public hearings for license transfers when waiver of ownership rules is involved (H.R. 3723), 31538 [12NO]

S. 312, Ethnic and Minority Affairs Broadcasting Act, 1237 [29JA]

S. 338, consumer protection for interstate telephone service, 1533 [31JA]

S. 584, ensure retransmission of local programs by cable systems, 4477 [5MR]

S. 1090, Cable-Porn and Dial-a-Porn Control Act, 10857 [7MY]

S. 1110, funding for improvements at Washington National Airport, VA, and Washington Dulles International Airport, VA, 11030 [8MY]

S. 1312, Federal Communications Commission Network Acquisition Approval Act, 16304 [19JN]

S. Res. 35, prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions on home satellite dish television antennas, 338 [3JA]

S. Res. 36, prohibit certain restrictions on antennas used by licensed amateur radio operators, 338 [3JA]