COMMUNICATIONS

Addresses

On Competition: Olof Lundberg, 24453-24456 [17SE]

Advertisements

Sale of radio station, 16995 [23JN]

Amendments

Communications Act: clarify congressional intent concerning requirements that broadcasters afford opportunity for discussion of conflicting views (H.R. 1934), 14262 [2JN], 14529 [3JN]

Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (S. 1394), 18958 [8JY]

Star Schools Program Assistance Act: enact (S. 778), 9412, 9452 [23AP]

Analyses

Board for International Broadcasting Appropriations (S. 740), 5622 [12MR]

Broadcasting Improvements Act (S. 1277), 13744 [27MY]

Articles and editorials

Baby Bells Get Spanked, 35748 [15DE]

Being Fair to the Fairness Doctrine, 14199 [1JN]

Black, Jewish Papers To Share Columns, Stories, 32698 [18NO]

Blandness Doctrine, 16998 [23JN]

Broadcast Licenses, 3867 [19FE]

Call to Project Excellence, 19570 [13JY]

Cottons Up to Koppel's Gospel, 18396 [30JN]

Fairness Calls for a Veto, 16998 [23JN]

Fairness Doctrine Does Not Censor Anything, 21193 [27JY]

Fairness Flimflam, 16997 [23JN]

Fairness in—and on—the Air, 16998 [23JN]

Fowler's Way—Foul Is Fair, 12404 [13MY]

Future Is Calling, 27723-27725 [13OC]

Hard Hit CWA Members Tell Why We Need ``Jobs With Justice'', 24119, 24120 [16SE]

In Pennsylvania, Bell Planning a New Vision of the Future, 21788 [30JY]

Keep the Radios Broadcasting to the East, 19062 [8JY]

Level Playing Field for the Marketplace of Ideas, 14196 [1JN]

Myth of a Postindustrial Economy, 24799-24801 [22SE]

Nation's Broadcasting Nanny, 12224 [12MY]

Newspaper Editors Ask Veto of Fairness Bill, 16998 [23JN]

Phone Companies Ought to ``Bundle'', 29513 [27OC]

Planning for World War IV, 13670-13672 [21MY]

PR Firm Spearheads Anti-Contra Campaign, 29741 [28OC]

Radio Marti, 21712 [30JY]

Silence in Nicaragua, 21043 [23JY]

Talking Deals—French Defeat for AT&T, 13652 [21MY]

They Call It Fairness, but . . ., 16998 [23JN]

3-Nation Conference Reveals That TV Stereotyping Stirs Distrust of Foreigners, 11294 [5MY]

TV Superjerks, 26720 [6OC]

``Voice'' Marks 40 Years of Broadcasting to Soviet, 4422 [26FE]

Worldnet Fires Away in the Star Wars of Ideas, 13971 [28MY]

Bills and resolutions

Aged: uniform telephone listing of area agencies on aging (see H.R. 2077)

Automated information networks: ensure privacy, integrity, and verification data (see S. 496)

Bell operating companies: authorize information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (see S. 209)

Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see S. 740)

Broadcasting Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1277)

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

Children's Television Advertising Practices Act: enact (see H.R. 3288)

Communications Act: amend (see H.R. 1885)

———clarify congressional intent concerning requirements that broadcasters afford opportunity for discussion of conflicting views (see H.R. 1934)

———fair marketing practices for certain encrypted satellite communications (see S. 889)

———recognize, strengthen, and further objectives (see S. 22)

Community Development Block Grant Program: uniform emergency telephone number systems (see S. 372)

Copyright: audiovisual works for inpatients in health care facilities (see H.R. 2429)

———interim statutory licensing of the secondary transmission by satellite carriers of superstations for private viewing (see H.R. 2848)

Diversification in Broadcast Ownership Act: enact (see S. 1095)

Electronic Communications Privacy Act: amend (see H.R. 2843)

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: enact (see S. 742)

FCC: abuse of residential telephone for business and charitable solicitations (see H.R. 3173)

———assignment of particular channel in citizen band radio service for use by neighborhood watch programs (see H.R. 261)

———eliminate automatic termination date from the cable must-carry regulations (see H.R. 2736)

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

———issuance, renewal, and transfer of broadcasting licenses (see H.R. 3493)

———prohibit trafficking in station licenses except when ownership is sought by minorities (see H.R. 2479)

———promote diversity in media ownership, management, and programming (see H.R. 1090)

———regulations prohibiting trafficking in station licenses (see H.R. 1187)

Freedom of information: public rights beyond U.S. borders (see H.R. 1719)

Health: antismoking public service announcements (see H. Res. 286)

———grants for establishment and operation of national information system (see H.R. 3040)

Housing and Community Development Act: uniform emergency number systems (see H.R. 721)

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2472)

———budget authority (see H.R. 840)

———funding (see S. 828)

National Telecommunications Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 116)

National Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353)

Radio: promote diversity and quality of programming by repealing the fairness doctrine and certain other restrictions (see S. 827)

Radio and television stations: equal employment opportunity (see H.R. 292)

Rural Electrification Act: prepayment of Federal financing bank loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (see S. 681)

Senate: payment for telecommunications equipment and certain services furnished by Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (see S. 1532)

Space communications facilities: procurement of cryptographic equipment (see S. 29)

Taxation: minority-owned communication entities (see H.R. 332)

———treatment of rural electric or telephone cooperatives (see H.R. 3044)

———formulation of policy in executive branch (see H.R. 323)

———investment tax credit for purchase of used property (see H.R. 294)

———lifeline telephone service (see H.R. 291)

———participation of women and minorities (see H.R. 293)

———star schools program (see H.R. 2384)

Telecommunications Trade Act: enact (see S. 596)

Telephone: domestic manufacturing industry (see H.R. 3333)

———hearing aid compatibility (see H.R. 2213)

———information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment by Bell operating companies (see H.R. 2030)

———lifeline service (see H.R. 291)

———limit access charges (see S. 1074)

———restrict obscene and indecent communications (see H.R. 1786)

Television: enable local cable franchising authorities to specify the cable channel position of local stations (see H.R. 3321)

———equal employment by stations (see H.R. 292)

———interim statutory licensing of the secondary transmission by satellite carriers of superstations for private viewing (see H.R. 2848)

———moratorium on encryption of satellite cable programming (see H.R. 1010)

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

———promote diversity and quality of programming by repealing the fairness doctrine and certain other restrictions (see S. 827)

Decisions

Columbia Broadcasting: Supreme Court, 17000 [23JN]

Red Lion case: Supreme Court, 17000 [23JN]

Documents

Applicability of S. 742 to Cable Television, 9113 [21AP]

New Charter 77 Spokespersons, 1254 [14JA]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): U.S. southern command and strategic and survivable communications (testimony), D239 [7AP]

Committee on Armed Services (Senate): budget, focusing on antisatellite capabilities under development (testimony), D198 [26MR]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: fairness in broadcasting (S. 742) (testimony), D163 [18MR]

———international telecommunications (testimony from George Fisher, Sr., and Kenneth L. Philips), D91 [26FE]

———international telecommunications (testimony from Mark S. Fowler, Alfred Sikes, Diana Dougan, M.A. Woods, Robert Bruce, Michael Borrus, and Edward D. McKeever), D91 [26FE]

———National Telecommunications and Information Administration budget (testimony), D198 [26MR]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: broadcasters responsibilities under the Fairness Doctrine (testimony), D240 [7AP]

———mergers, acquisitions, and changes in management, and their impact on the national television networks' news operations, D291 [28AP], D297 [29AP], D305 [30AP]

———subscriber line charges (testimony), D229 [2AP]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: development of a regional educational telecommunications system (testimony from Marilyn Gardner, Robert Bennett, Lauffer, Joseph Duffey, Henry J. Cauthen, Will Kitchen, Aldo Monteiro, and Benjamin Stavely), D138 [11MR]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: budget (H.R. 1741) (testimony), D249 [8AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Telecommunications Equipment and Information Services Act (H.R. 2030), D298 [29AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Dept. of Justice recommendations concerning the line-of-business restrictions imposed on the Bell operating companies (testimony), D301 [30AP]

Letters

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and television programming: Alan Wurtzel, 19072 [8JY]

———Ralph Daniels, 19072 [8JY]

Appropriations: Board for International Broadcasting, 5622 [12MR]

Consortium with Japan on telecommunications services: Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative, 5973 [17MR]

———Dept. of Commerce, 5972 [17MR]

———Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 5972 [17MR]

———Margaret Thatcher, 5972 [17MR]

———Senators Murkowski, Stevens, and Representative Don Young, 5973 [17MR]

Exemption for advertisers from FTC rulemaking authority over unfair practices: Steve Lawrence, 19279 [9JY]

Fairness Doctrine: Ann F. Lewis, Americans for Democratic Action, 14196 [1JN]

———Anthony T. Podesta and John H. Buchanan, Jr., People for the American Way, 14195 [1JN]

———Cathy Reynolds, National League of Cities, 14197 [1JN]

———David J. Saad, National Association of Arab Americans, 14198 [1JN]

———Herbert Schmertz, Mobil Oil Corp., 14197 [1JN]

———Howard Phillips, Conservative Caucus, Inc., 14199 [1JN]

———Jack Golodner, AFL-CIO, 14199 [1JN]

———Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association of America, 14198 [1JN]

———John F. Behnke, KOMO Radio and Television (Seattle, WA), 14199 [1JN]

———Joyce Tuomy, Morality in Media of Massachusetts, Inc., 14196 [1JN]

———Ken Bossong, Critical Mass Energy Project of Public Citizen, 14198 [1JN]

———Michael Pertschuk, Advocacy Institute, 14198 [1JN]

———Morton H. Halperin and Barry W. Lynn, ACLU, 9207 [22AP], 14198 [1JN]

———Reed Irvine, Accuracy in Media, Inc., 14195 [1JN]

———Richard H. Hirsch, U.S. Catholic Conference, 14196 [1JN]

———Robert M. McGlotten, AFL-CIO, 14196 [1JN]

———several religious organizations, 14198 [1JN]

———Walter Cronkite, 16326 [16JN], 16999 [23JN]

———William S. Paley, 16999 [23JN]

Radio Marti: Jorge Mas, 21712 [30JY]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.R. 1934, to codify the Fairness Doctrine, 14194 [1JN]

Groups supporting legislation to codify the Fairness Doctrine, 14195 [1JN], 14527 [3JN]

Satellite television home dish owners, by State, 7535 [31MR]

Meetings

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: broadcasters opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance (S. 742), D186 [24MR]

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting budgets

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: establish a star schools program under which grants are made to State and multistate regional telecommunications partnerships (S. 778), D192 [25MR]

Messages

Agreement on Medium Frequency Broadcasting Service: President Reagan, 17816 [26JN]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: President Reagan, 16271 [16JN]

Veto of Fairness in Broadcasting Act (S. 742): President Reagan, 16989 [23JN]

Provisions

S. 742, regulation of broadcasting, 16997 [23JN]

Remarks in House

Advertising: consumer information, 885 [7JA]

———tax treatment, 32971 [19NO]

Aged: uniform telephone listing of area agencies on aging (H.R. 2077), 10856 [30AP]

Bell Holding Co.: relief, 35748 [15DE]

Broadcasting: clarify congressional intent concerning requirements to afford opportunity for discussion of conflicting views (H.R. 1934), 8071 [6AP]

Cable television: enable local cable franchising authorities to specify the cable channel position of local stations (H.R. 3321), 24895 [22SE]

Children's Television Advertising Practices Act: enact (H.R. 3288), 24261 [16SE]

Communications Act: amend (H.R. 1885), 7342 [31MR], 7576 [31MR]

———clarify congressional intent concerning requirements that broadcasters afford opportunity for discussion of conflicting views (H.R. 1934), 7872 [2AP], 14193, 14194 [1JN], 14517 [3JN], 14522 [8JN]-14538 [3JN], 14785 [4JN], 16326 [16JN], 21193 [27JY], 34047 [16DE]

Communist countries: importance of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, 19062 [8JY]

Community Development Block Grant Program: emergency telephone number systems, 1937 [26JA]

Competition, 22688 [5AU]

Copyright: audiovisual works for inpatients in health care facilities (H.R. 2429), 12555 [14MY]

———interim statutory licensing of the secondary transmission by satellite carriers of superstations for private viewing (H.R. 2848), 18357, 18358 [30JN]

Electronic Communications Privacy Act: amend (H.R. 2843), 18357 [30JN], 18399 [30JN]

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

FCC: abuse of residential telephone for business and charitable solicitations (H.R. 3173), 22715 [6AU]

———access charge hike, 5086 [9MR]

———establish Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs (H.R. 1234), 11293 [5MY]

———fairness doctrine, 22692 [5AU], 30667 [3NO]

———issuance, renewal, and transfer of broadcasting licenses (H.R. 3493), 28165 [15OC]

———regulate broadcasting and distribution of offensive or derogatory comments, 4789 [4MR], 12224 [12MY]

———retirement of Mark Fowler, 12404 [13MY]

Fenton Communications: effect on U.S. media relative to Contra aid, 29741 [28OC]

Foreign relations: competing in telecommunications markets, 36665 [19DE]

Foreign trade: preservation of American jobs, 6924 [25MR]

Fowler, Mark: FCC policies, 9188 [21AP]

Freedom of information: informed citizenry, 5661 [12MR]

FTC: unfair advertising, 19279 [9JY]

Health: antismoking public service announcements (H. Res. 286), 27990 [15OC]

———use of radio and television broadcasters to educate public about cigarette smoking dangers (H.J. Res. 271), 11728 [7MY]

House of Representatives: telephone system, 28803 [22OC]

Information services: residential and business customers, 29513 [27OC]

———restrictions, 22134 [3AU]

Intelligence information: confidentiality, 21799 [30JY]

KMEX-TV, Los Angeles, CA: anniversary, 25679 [29SE]

Mahoning Valley, OH: tribute to Voice of the Croatian Fraternal Union radio program, 15379 [10JN]

Miami, FL: increase communication between black and Jewish communities, 32697 [18NO]

Minority Business Development Administration: establish in Dept. of Commerce to clarify relationship between such Administration and the SBA (H.R. 1769), 6627 [24MR]

National Association of Public Television Stations: meeting in St. Louis, MO, 9331 [22AP]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2472), 13289 [20MY], 27654 [13OC], 27655 [15OC], 27656 [13OC]

Nicaragua: freedom of information, 28798 [22OC]

———media control, 21043 [23JY]

———news media restrictions, 21382 [28JY]

———U.S. and Soviet involvement, 20890-20900, 20902, 20903 [23JY]

NIH: long-distance telephone calls for children, 6959 [26MR]

Pornography: telephone messages, 22711 [6AU]

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

Satellite-transmitted television programming: child safety program on Home Box Office, 4950 [5MR]

Semiconductors: Japanese electronic industry trade practices, 7709 [1AP]

Senate: payment for telecommunications equipment and certain services furnished by Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (S. 1532), 24865 [22SE]

Soviet Union: radio jamming, 7600 [31MR]

Supreme Court: effects of Ginsberg v. New York decision on telephone, 6937 [25MR]

Taxation: treatment of rural electric or telephone cooperatives (H.R. 3044), 21568 [29JY]

Telecommunications: industry competition, 22688 [5AU]

———information services to residential and business customers, 29513 [27OC]

———interim statutory licensing of the secondary transmission by satellite carriers of superstations for private viewing (H.R. 2848), 18357, 18358 [30JN]

———star schools program (H.R. 2384), 12228 [12MY]

Telecommunications Policy Act: enact (H.R. 2030), 8912 [9AP], 9011, 9036 [10AP]

Telephone: competition, 7681 [1AP]

———domestic manufacturing inmdustry (H.R. 3333), 24915 [22SE]

———effects of Ginsberg v. New York decision, 6937 [25MR]

———FCC authorized access charge, 13854 [27MY]

———increase in residential bills, 18600 [1JY]

———information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment by Bell operating companies (H.R. 2030), 8912 [9AP], 9036 [10AP]

———prohibit increases in local access charges, 6149 [18MR]

———restrict obscene and indecent communications (H.R. 1786), 6936, 6937 [25MR], 7597 [31MR]

Television: enable local cable franchising authorities to specify the cable channel position of local stations (H.R. 3321), 24895 [22SE]

Voice of America: anniversary, 4422 [26FE]

WHMM-TV (Washington, DC): tribute, 24701 [21SE]

WWSC-Radio: tribute, 23495 [7AU]

Remarks in Senate

Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (S. 740), 5622 [12MR]

Broadcasting Improvements Act: enact (S. 1277), 13742 [27MY]

Canada: bar importation of independently produced films, 12923 [19MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: Senate recording studio price schedule, 11625 [7MY]

Classified information: cryptographic equipment at satellite communications facilities (S. 29), 459 [6JA]

Community Development Block Grant Program: uniform emergency telephone number systems (S. 372), 1646 [21JA]

Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act: enact (S. 496), 13541, 13543, 13550-13553 [21MY]

Countdown 2001 (organization): goals for implementing betterment of individuals and organizations, 23579 [9SE]

Digital Audio Recorder Act: enact (S. 506), 3090-3092 [5FE]

Diversification in Broadcast Ownership Act: enact (S. 1095), 9744 [24AP]

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: enact (S. 742), 5623 [12MR], 6635 [24MR], 9100-9114 [21AP], 9207 [22AP]

———enact (S. 742), unanimous-consent agreement, 9099 [21AP]

———enact (S. 742), unanimous-consent request relative to President's veto message, 16989 [23JN]

———enact (S. 742), veto, 16989-17002 [23JN]

FCC: must-carry rule regarding cable television companies, 36185 [18DE]

First Amendment Clarification Act: enact (S. 22), 442 [6JA]

Foreign trade: fair practices in telecommunications industry, 12298 [13MY]

Handicapped: hearing aid compatible telephone (S. 314), 1540 [20JA]

Hearing Aid Compatibility Act: enact (S. 314), 1324 [14JA]

Japan: insure 33% equity participation by foreign firms in construction of fiber optic cable across Pacific Ocean, 6352 [19MR]

———trade barriers to services, 5972 [17MR]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: funding (S. 828), 6855 [25MR]

Radio: promote diversity and quality of programming by repealing the fairness doctrine and certain other restrictions (S. 827), 6671 [24MR]

Radio Marti: quality of programming and impact of broadcasts, 21712 [30JY]

Rural Electrification Act: amend relative to prepayment of Federal financing bank loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (S. 681), 8049 [6AP]

Senate: payment for telecommunications equipment and certain services furnished by Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (S. 1532), 25184 [24SE]

Sports: transmission of information relative to wagering to other States (S. 611), 4336 [26FE]

Star Schools Program Assistance Act: enact (S. 778), 9405-9415 [23AP]

Syndicated Television Music Copyright Reform Act: enact (S. 698), 7171 [27MR]

———enact (S. 698), order for star print, 6637 [24MR]

Technology: mobile communications, 24453 [17SE]

Telecommunications: Japanese barriers to services, 5972 [17MR]

Telephone Consumer Rate Equity Act: enact (S. 1074), 9255 [22AP]

Telephone: limit access charges (S. 1074), 9255 [22AP]

———maintenance of local service network, 23190 [7AU]

Television: promote diversity and quality of programming by repealing the fairness doctrine and certain other restrictions (S. 827), 6671 [24MR]

USIA: Worldnet satellite system, 13971 [28MY]

Reports

Fairness Doctrine Stems From General Public Interest Standard of Communications Act: FCC, 9108 [21AP]

Reports filed

Armed Forces Tactical Communication Systems, Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-48), 8665 [9AP]

Clarification of Congressional Intent Concerning Requirements That Broadcasters Afford Opportunity for Discussion of Conflicting Views: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1934) (H. Rept. 100-108), 13825 [27MY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1934) (H. Rept. 100-113), 14057 [28MY]

Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 496), 13236 [20MY]

Fair Marketing Practices for Certain Encrypted Satellite Communications: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 889) (S. Rept. 100-272), 37793 [21DE]

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 742) (S. Rept. 100-34), 7948 [3AP]

Interest Rate Policies of the Rural Telephone Bank: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-357), 26813 [7OC]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration Appropriations (H.R. 2472) (H. Rept. 100-362), 27174 [9OC]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 828) (S. Rept. 100-93), 18528 [1JY]

Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper Telecommunications Equipment: Committee on Rules and Administration (S. 1532) (S. Rept. 100-121), 20987 [23JY]

Statements

Broadcast Licenses: James Quello, 3867 [19FE]

Fairness Doctrine: Dept. of Commerce, 16995 [23JN]

———FCC, 9102 [21AP], 16993 [23JN]

Fairness Doctrine and Availability of Broadcasting Spectrum: Charles Ferris, 9102 [21AP]

———Curtis Gans, Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, 9102 [21AP]

———Dept. of Commerce, 16995 [23JN]

———FAA, 16992 [23JN]

———FCC, 9102 [21AP], 16992 [23JN], 16993 [23JN]

———Fred W. Friendly, 9103 [21AP], 16993 [23JN]

———Senator Pressler, 9109 [21AP]

Freedom of Press: Thomas Jefferson, 14526 [3JN]

Freedom of Speech: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 6672 [24MR]

Hearing Aid Compatible Telephone: Dept. of Commerce, 1324 [14JA]

Impact of Television on Political Campaigns: Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, 16992 [23JN]

Inclusion of Copy-Code Scanners in Digital Audio Recording Devices: White House, 4697 [3MR]

Television: Ellen Gibbs, 28166 [15OC]

USIA Worldnet Satellite System: Frank Shakespeare, 13971 [28MY]

Summaries

Digital Audio Recorder Act (S. 506), 3092 [5FE]

Inclusion of Copy-Code Scanners in Digital Audio Recording Devices (H.R. 1384), 4696 [3MR]

Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act (S. 889), 7536, 7537 [31MR]

Testimonies

Fairness Doctrine: Charles Ferris, 16992 [23JN]

Public Broadcasting and Education: Henry J. Cauthen, 9410 [23AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 286, antismoking public service announcements, 27991 [15OC]

S. 742, Fairness in Broadcasting Act, 9114 [21AP], 14539 [3JN]

H.R. 1517, Aircraft Collision Avoidance Act, 30612 [3NO]

H.R. 1786, restrict obscene and indecent telephone communications, 6937 [25MR]

H.R. 1934, clarify congressional intent concerning requirements that broadcasters afford opportunity for discussion of conflicting views, 14529 [3JN]

H.R. 2472, National Telecommunications and Information Administration: authorizing appropriations, 27654 [13OC]

S. 22, First Amendment Clarification Act, 442 [6JA]

S. 314, Hearing Aid Compatibility Act, 1324 [14JA]

S. 330, establish NOAA as independent agency, 1488, 1501 [20JA]

S. 496, Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act, 13539, 13542 [21MY]

S. 506, Digital Audio Recorder Act, 3091 [5FE]

S. 740, authorizing appropriations for Board for International Broadcasting, 5622 [12MR]

S. 742, Fairness in Broadcasting Act, 9114 [21AP], 14539 [3JN]

S. 778, Star Schools Program Assistance Act, 9413 [23AP]

S. 827, promote diversity and quality of programming in electronic media by repealing the fairness doctrine and certain other restrictions, 6672 [24MR]

S. 828, National Telecommunications and Information Administration funding, 6855 [25MR]

S. 889, Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act, 7535 [31MR]

S. 1074, Telephone Consumer Rate Equity Act, 9255 [22AP]

S. 1095, Diversification in Broadcast Ownership Act, 9745 [24AP]

S. 1277, Broadcasting Improvements Act, 13743 [27MY]

S. 1532, payment for telecommunications equipment and certain services furnished by Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 22377 [5AU], 24865 [22SE]