COMMUNICATIONS
Addresses
Fear of Federal Soda-Tasting Commission, and Other Parables on Broadcast Deregulation: Thomas R. Herwitz, 2400-2402 [19FE]
Amendments
Electronic Communications Privacy Act: enact (H.R. 4952), 27625-27632, 27728-27736 [1OC], 28122-28129 [2OC]
Federal Telecommunications Policy Act: enact (S. 2565), 29572-29576 [8OC]
Telecommunications Equipment and Services Act: enact (H.R. 3800), 22223 [15AU]
Telephone: prohibit use to communicate pornographic messages (free standing), 12783 [5JN]
Television: clarifying definition of local service area of low-power stations (H.R. 3108), 20397, 20424 [9AU], 22096 [15AU]
Analyses
Board for International Broadcasting Appropriations (S. 2257), 6546 [27MR]
Campaign Finance Proposals To Limit Political Action Committees and To Grant Free Broadcast Time (S. 1806), 20796-20800 [12AU]
Federal Telecommunications Policy Act (S. 2565), 14319 [18JN]
High Technology Antidumping Act (H.R. 4466), 5844-5846 [20MR]
Articles and editorials
BBC Says Moscow Jams Its Own Transmissions, 17856 [28JY]
Commercial Critic, 11468 [20MY]
Do You Remember Me, Vlady?, 3024 [27FE]
FCC's New Threat to Minority Preferences, 28697 [3OC]
``Friction Reporters'' To Be Assigned to U.S.—MITI Planning ``Local Hire'' in 10 States With Strong Criticism Against Japan, 32564 [16OC]
Some Ways and Means Members Saw a Surge in Contributions During Tax-Overhaul Battle, 8146 [21AP]
Talk Not Cheap at Wick's USIA, 8260 [22AP]
Television and Radio Station License Trafficking (sundry excerpts), 14750 [19JN]
There Goes the Neighborhood, 11468 [20MY]
Threat to Both U.S. Radios in Europe, 11462 [20MY]
What Do Soviets Fear?, 12281 [3JN]
With Lonely Ma Bell, Service Was Better, 17775 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions
Advertising: deny tax deductions for discrimination against minority owned or formatted communications entities (see H.R. 5373)
Bell operating companies: information services and manufacture of telecommunication equipment (see S. 2362)
Communication satellites: criminal penalty for interference (see H.R. 4983)
Crime and criminals: interception of certain transmissions (see H.R. 4952)
Espionage: cryptographic equipment at domestic facilities (see S. 2348)
FCC: assure continued viability and effectiveness of rules and policies (see H.R. 5253)
House: coordinated telecommunication systems (see H. Con. Res. 367)
International Communication and Travel Act: enact (see S. 2263)
Minorities: greater participation in telecommunication (see H.R. 5651)
National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 580)
National Telecommunicators' Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 536, 649)
Rural areas: availability of universal telephone service (see H. Con. Res. 308)
Satellite Television Open Market Act: enact (see S. 2702)
Senate: coordinated telecommunication systems (see H. Con. Res. 367)
Space communication: disclosure by sellers of satellite Earth stations (see H.R. 4414)
———penalties for interference (see H.R. 5476)
Telephones: orderly and competitive development (see S. 2565)
———prohibit pornography (see H.R. 4439)
Television: clarify policies relative to right to view satellite-transmitted programs (see H.R. 5442)
———prohibit encoding of satellite-transmitted programs until availability of affordable decoding devices (see S. 2290)
———uniform standards for encryption of programs (see H.R. 5476)
Wiretapping: interception of certain communications or other forms of surveillance (see S. 2575)
Women: greater participation in telecommunication (see H.R. 5651)
Comments
Suggestions on TV coverage of Senate proceedings: Senator Dole, 17879-17882 [29JY]
Court orders
Spanish International Communications Corp.: U.S. District Court (excerpt), 33929 [6NO]
Decisions
Carlin Communications, Inc., Car-Bon Publishers, Inc., and Drake Publisher, Inc. v. FCC and William French Smith as Attorney General: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 26785-26793 [27SE]
FCC v. Pacifica telephone regulation ruling (excerpt), 5348 [18MR]
Descriptions
Electronic publishing, 14312 [18JN]
Documents
International Telecommunications Rights (sundry excerpts), 27345 [30SE]
Explanations
Satellite Transmission Decoder Legislation, 33530 [17OC]
Letters
Appropriations: Board for International Broadcasting, 6546 [27MR]
Cable system identification requirements: Broadcast Music, Inc., 20398 [9AU]
———Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., 20398 [9AU]
———National Association of Broadcasters, 20397 [9AU]
———National Cable Television Association, 20398 [9AU]
Committee To Preserve Multi-Ethnic and Multi-Lingual Radio Programming: sundry Representatives, 17322 [22JY]
Copyright liability for low-power television stations, 17790 [28JY]
Daylight saving time: sundry, 11213 [19MY]
Federal Telecommunications Policy Act: Senator Thurmond, 14321 [18JN]
International communications: Dept. of Commerce and the FCC, 32537 [16OC]
Low power transmission: Ralph Oman, 22096 [15AU]
Memorandum of law in support of Telephone Decency Act (H.R. 4439): Citizens for Decency Through Law, Inc., 26780-26784 [27SE]
Satellite television scrambling: Sky High Satellite Systems, Inc., 13441 [12JN]
Satellite Television Security and Fair Market Act: Dept. of Commerce, 27867 [2OC]
———FCC, 27867 [2OC]
Shared broadcast transmissions: Flora MacDonald (sundry), 28351 [3OC]
———Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce (sundry), 28350 [3OC]
Spanish-language format television stations: Hallmark Cards, Inc., 33929 [6NO]
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FCC: Antonin Scalia (excerpt), 23812 [17SE]
Lists
Hearing aid compatible telephones, 28397 [3OC]
Organizations endorsing the International Communication and Travel Act (S. 2263), 6553 [27MR]
Programmers and plans to scramble satellite television signals, 11216 [19MY]
Satellite Television scrambling schedule, 27864 [2OC]
Stories presented on Radio Marti, 11352 [20MY]
Telecommunications Equipment and Information Services Act (H.R. 3800): cosponsors, 2043 [6FE]
Memorandums
Prepayment of Loans by Rural Electrification and Telephone Systems: CBO, 27915, 27916 [2OC]
Memorials of legislature
Alaska, 8785 [28AP], 8887 [29AP]
California, 27268 [30SE], 27551 [1OC]
Hawaii, 8762 [28AP]
Petitions
Allocation of radio communication frequencies for public safety radio services: National Sheriff's Association, 16327 [14JY]
Soviet electronic espionage in U.S.: Catholic War Veterans of the United States, 16372 [14JY]
Press releases
Captain Midnight unmasked: FCC, 17327 [22JY]
Questions and answers
High Technology Antidumping Act (H.R. 4466), 5844 [20MR]
Remarks in House
ABC: interview with Vladimir Posner, 3024 [27FE], 3377 [3MR]
Broadcasting: equal opportunity for minorities and women, 28697 [3OC]
Committee To Preserve Multi-Ethnic and Multi-Lingual Programming: tribute, 17322 [22JY]
Electronic Communications Privacy Act: enact (H.R. 4952), Senate amendments, 28122 [2OC]
Electronic Communications Privacy Act enact (H.R. 4952), 14879-14887 [23JN]
FCC: merger regulations, 33571 [17OC]
———require to repromulgate certain regulations to prohibit trafficking in station licenses (H.R. 5068), 14750 [19JN]
Foreign relations: radio communications, 27323 [30SE]
High Technology Antidumping Act: enact (H.R. 4466), 5843, 5850 [20MR]
Hispanic Americans: National Captioning Institute development of the Spanish Captioning Service, 18821 [1AU]
House of Representatives: develop telecommunications system, 15650 [25JN]
Legislative branch: develop telecommunications system, 15650 [25JN]
Local Exchange Bypass Procedures Act: enact (H.R. 4172), 2434 [19FE]
Minorities: granting preference in issuance of radio or television license, 32171 [16OC]
Postal Service: interference between U.S. and Soviet communications (H. Con. Res. 384), 27339 [30SE]
Radio Free Europe: funding, 11462 [20MY]
Radio Liberty: funding, 11462 [20MY]
Rural Satellite Dish Owners Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3989), 7606 [15AP]
Satellite Home Viewer Act: enact (H.R. 5126), 15735 [26JN]
Satellite Television Programming Access Act: enact (H.R. 5058), 17327 [22JY]
Satellite Viewing Rights Act: enact (H.R. 1840), 3450 [4MR], 4004 [6MR], 4511, 4512 [12MR]
Senate: develop telecommunications system, 15650 [25JN]
Soviet Union: jamming of English language radio broadcasts, 17856 [28JY]
Steele v. FCC: court decision, 32171 [16OC]
Telecommunication: merger regulations, 33571 [17OC]
Telecommunications Equipment and Information Services Act: enact (H.R. 3800), 2042 [6FE]
Telecommunications Equipment and Services Act: enact (H.R. 3800), 3755, 3766 [5MR], 4004 [6MR], 11123 [15MY], 22222, 22225 [15AU]
Telecommunications Trade Act: enact (H.R. 3131), 7431 [14AP]
Telephone Decency Act: enact (H.R. 4439), 5198 [18MR], 5347 [18MR]
Television: clarify policies on right to view satellite-transmitted programs, 13050 [10JN], 13441 [12JN]
———clarify policies on right to view satellite-transmitted programs (H.R. 1840), 3450 [4MR], 4004 [6MR], 4511, 4512 [12MR]
———clarify policies on right to view satellite-transmitted programs (H.R. 5442), 22215 [15AU]
———clarifying definition of local service area of low-power stations (H.R. 3108), 17790 [28JY], 22096 [15AU]
———licensing of secondary transmission by satellite carriers for private viewing (H.R. 5126), 15735 [26JN]
———moratorium on encryption of satellite programming (H.R. 1769), 3450 [4MR], 3619 [5MR], 4004 [6MR]
———provide a criminal penalty for interference with satellite-transmitted programs (H.R. 4983), 13406 [11JN]
———satellite dish owners' rights, 3619 [5MR], 4004 [6MR]
———scrambling of satellite dish signals, 24777 [19SE]
———Spanish-language format stations, 33928 [6NO]
Voice of America: Soviet monitoring, 12281 [3JN]
Women: granting preference in issuance of radio or television license, 32171 [16OC]
Remarks in Senate
Afghanistan: Soviet atrocities, 29579 [8OC]
AT&T: divestiture impact, 17775 [25JY]
Audio recording devices: establish royalty fee (S. 1739), 13730 [13JN]
Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (S. 2257), 6545 [27MR]
Buchanan, John: statement on the International Communication and Travel Act, 21408 [13AU]
Campaign debates: equal access requirements (S. 1806), 1622 [4FE], 8146 [21AP], 21871 [15AU]
Canada: sense of Senate relative to shared broadcast transmissions, 28349 [3OC]
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. of West Virginia: recipient of President's Volunteer Action Award, 19590 [6AU]
Courts: amend standards for the use of wiretapping, 26764-26771 [27SE]
Dept. of Defense: funding for security enhancement program, 20294 [9AU]
Education: funding for video communications center at Kansas University, 22555 [10SE]
Electronic Communications Privacy Act: enact (H.R. 4952), 27625-27637 [1OC]
———enact (S. 2575), 14599-14608 [19JN], 27637 [1OC]
Espionage: cryptographic equipment at domestic facilities (S. 2348), 8286 [22AP]
FCC: broadcast regulation, 2400 [19FE]
Federal Telecommunications Policy Act: enact (S. 2565), 14311-14321 [18JN], 20430 [11AU], 21408 [13AU], 29576 [8OC]
Foreign trade: U.S.-European telecommunications trade agreement, 33551 [17OC]
Germany, Federal Republic of: recognize significance of Radio in the American Sector of Berlin (S. Con. Res. 117), 4488 [12MR]
Gilmer, Tom: tribute, 5439 [19MR]
Home Audio Recording Act: enact (S. 1739), 13730 [13JN]
International Communication and Travel Act: enact (S. 2263), 6550 [27MR]
Japan: hire of U.S. reporters to promote image as ally and trade partner, 32563 [16OC]
Kansas State University: satellite video communications, 27294 [30SE]
Law enforcement officers: authorizing additional funds for secure voice radios, 26694 [27SE]
———authorizing wiretapping in hostage taking situation, 28352 [3OC]
Marti, Jose: tribute, 630 [28JA]
Montoya, Nancy: tribute, 5439 [19MR]
Pornography: regulate broadcasting or distribution of obscene material (S. 1090), 29408 [8OC]
Radio: jamming of broadcasts (S. Con. Res. 160), 21625 [14AU]
Radio Marti: anniversary, 11352 [20MY]
REA: allow prepayment of loans by rural electrification and telephone systems, 27912-27916 [2OC]
Rural areas: elimination of discrimination in marketing scrambled satellite television signals, 10811 [15MY], 11216 [19MY]
Satellite Television Open Market Act: enact (S. 2702), 18118 [30JY]
Satellite Television Security and Fair Market: enact (S. 2823), 23487-23490 [16SE]
Senate: televised coverage of floor proceedings, 15316 [25JN]
———televised floor sessions, 15306 [25JN]
Slatton, John L.: tribute, 17064 [21JY]
Taxation: certain teleconnector projects, 14812 [20JN]
Telecommunciations Equity Act: enact (S. 2362), 8536 [23AP]
Telephones: prohibit use to communicate pornographic messages, 7926, 7934 [17AP], 26778 [27SE]
———provide that certain telephones shall be hearing aid compatible, 28396-28398 [3OC]
Television: clarify policies on right to view satellite-transmitted programs (S. 1618), 4174 [10MR]
———clarifying definition of local service area of low-power stations (H.R. 3108), 20397-20399 [9AU]
———eliminate notice of change requirements under Copyright Act for satellite-transmitted programming, 20397 [9AU]
———establish standards relative to violence levels in programs, 23582 [16SE]
———prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions on home satellite dish antennas (S. Res. 35), 2394 [19FE]
———prohibit encoding of satellite-transmitted programs until availability of affordable decoding devices (S. 2290), 7334-7336 [11AP]
———provide security and fair marketing practices for satellite transmissions, 27860-27873 [2OC], 33529 [17OC]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: funding, 5693 [20MR]
U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute: support of activities, 15351 [25JN]
USIA: Worldnet satellite communications system, 8260 [22AP]
WDAY-Radio (Fargo, ND): tribute, 11654 [21MY]
WNBG-Radio (Waynesboro, TN): tribute, 8149 [21AP]
Reports
Hunger Teleconference Report—Executive Summary, 8029 [17AP]
Preemption of Local Zoning or Other Regulation of Receive-Only Satellite Earth Stations: FCC, 2394-2398 [19FE]
Senate Television—Its Impact on Senate Floor Proceedings: Library of Congress, 17256-17262 [22JY]
Reports filed
Barrier Reduction to International Trade in Telecommunication Equipment and Services: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3131) (H. Rept. 99-471), 2292 [19FE]
Designate National Software Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 332), 18570 [31JY]
Electronic Communications Privacy Act: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2575) (S. Rept. 99-541), 33491 [17OC]
Forms of Surveillance and Interception of Communications: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2575), 26838 [27SE]
Interception of Certain Communications and Forms of Surveillance: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 4952) (H. Rept. 99-647), 14741 [19JN]
Reduction of Barriers to Telecommunications Equipment and Services in Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 3131) (H. Rept. 99-471), 7554 [15AP]
Statements
Anniversary of Radio Marti: Senator Hawkins, 11343 [20MY]
Free Trade in Ideas—The Strength of the First Amendment: John Buchanan, 21408 [13AU]
Information as a Tool of U.S. Foreign Policy: Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, 8260 [22AP]
Studies
Media Coverage Devoted to the War in Afghanistan: Library of Congress, 29580-29583 [8OC]
Summaries
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (H.R. 4952), 27634 [1OC]
———Committee on the Judiciary, 26767 [27SE]
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (S. 2575), 14608 [19JN]
Home Audio Recording Act (S. 1739), 13733 [13JN]
Tables
Sample of Arizona cable television rates, 27866 [2OC]
Testimonies
Violence on Television: William H. Dietz, Jr., 23582 [16SE]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 384, interference with postal communications between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, 27339 [30SE]
H.R. 4439, Telephone Decency Act, 5348 [18MR]
H.R. 4952, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 14879-14885 [23JN]
Making supplemental appropriations (excerpt), 27912 [2OC]
S. 1739, Home Audio Recording Act, 13730-13732 [13JN]
S. 1806, limit contributions of political action committees and grant free broadcast time, 20801 [12AU]
S. 2257, authorizing appropriations for Board for International Broadcasting, 6545 [27MR]
S. 2263, International Communication and Travel Act, 6552 [27MR]
S. 2290, prohibit encoding of satellite-transmitted television programs until availability of affordable decoding devices, 7335 [11AP]
S. 2348, installation of cryptographic equipment at communication satellites facilities, 8287 [22AP]
S. 2362, Telecommunications Equity Act, 8537 [23AP]
S. 2565, Federal Telecommunications Policy Act, 14312-14319 [18JN]
S. 2575, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 14601-14607 [19JN]
S. 2702, Satellite Television Open Market Act, 18119 [30JY]
S. 2823, Satellite Television Security and Fair Market, 23489 [16SE]
S. Con. Res. 117, recognize significance of Radio in the American Sector of Berlin, 4488 [12MR]
S. Con. Res. 160, jamming of radio broadcasts, 20930 [12AU], 21625 [14AU]