COMMUNICATIONS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Cable television: prohibit access charges in excess of current rate of subscriber line charges (see H.R. 782)

FCC: establish Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs (see H.R. 1234)

Objectives: recognize, strengthen, and further (see S. 22)

Television: prohibit encryption of broadcast programming produced with Federal subsidization (see H.R. 2546)

Remarks in House

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: enact (S. 742), 14539 [3JN], 16326 [16JN], 21193 [27JY]

Radio: exempt broadcasters from fairness doctrine, 14529-14536 [3JN]

Testimonies

Fairness Doctrine: Charles Ferris, 16992 [23JN]