TELEPHONE

Addresses

Telecommunications and Economic Growth, Daniel J. Miglio, Southern New England Telephone, 2682 [29FE]

Articles and editorials

Dial-a-Porn Ban in Arizona Upheld, 9678 [2MY]

Phone Reform in Need of Support, Peter Passell, 23857 [14SE]

Proposal for Universal Telecommunications Service, 31721 [19OC]

Telephone Rules Stifle Competitiveness, 32362 [20OC]

Tightening Controls Over Sales by Phone, 15972 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions

Commercial uses of automatic dialing systems: prohibit certain practices (see H.R. 4701)

Dial-a-porn industry (see H.R. 4401)

Crime and criminals: strengthen FTC authority relative to sales fraud (see H.R. 4101)

Domestic industry: participation in the provision of equipment and services (see S. Con. Res. 161)

FCC: protect certain subscribers from changes in regulation of interstate service rates (see S. 2044; H.R. 3910, 5019)

Message services: disclosure of billing amounts and practices (see H.R. 4017)

Poverty: free service for disadvantaged (see H. Res. 351)

Taxation: treatment of companies that charge customers for blocking access to certain exchanges (see H.R. 4287)

———services for the hearing-impaired (see S. 2221)

Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act: enact (see S. 2213)

Television: competition by telephone common carriers to deliver cable service (see H.R. 4135)

Biographies

Ralph Hubbell, 1336 [9FE]

Letters

Protect children from dial-a-porn: ACLU, 7482 [27AP]

———Gilbert A. Wetzel, 1666 [17FE]

———Information Industry Association, 7483 [27AP]

———National PTA, 7482 [27AP]

———United Church of Christ, 7483 [27AP]

———sundry, 1683 [17FE]

Memorandums

Telephone Decency Act (H.R. 1786), 7331-7335, 7449-7453 [19AP]

———Citizens for Decency Through Law, 7601-7604 [20AP]

Papers

Consumerism and the Disabled Consumer in the Communications Marketplace: David Saks, 3570 [8MR]

Petitions

Ban on allowing FCC to permit cross-ownership of media outlets: New York, NY, City Council, 2639 [29FE]

Remarks in House

AT&T: affirmative action programs, 7486 [19AP]

———modified final judgment relative to divestiture, 1667 [17FE]

Bell companies: allow broader services, 6988 [14AP]

Communications Act: amend (H.R. 1885), 1805, 1814 [18FE], 4742, 4747, 4795 [22MR], 6259 [31MR]

Cox Cable Hampton Roads: tribute, 309 [27JA]

Crime and criminals: strengthen FTC authority relative to telephone sales fraud (H.R. 4101), 3512 [7MR], 15970 [27JN], 15973, 15974 [27JN], 16243 [28JN], 16304 [28JN]

FCC: consumer prices for telecommunications services, 18519 [14JY]

———regulation of interstate service rates (H.R. 3910), 1220 [8FE]

Federal Telecommunications System: procurement, 9614 [29AP]

Handicapped: hearing aid compatibility, 3569 [8MR]

———hearing aid compatibility (H.R. 2213), 13506-13509 [7JN]

———hearing aid compatibility (H.R. 2213), Senate amendment, 19536 [28JY]

———hearing-impaired individuals (S. 2221), 18937 [26JY]

House of Representatives: telephone system, 1211 [8FE], 15671 [22JN], 15841, 15870, 15871 [23JN], 15961 [27JN], 16569 [30JN]

Ireland, Republic of: private transatlantic telecommunications, 12214 [24MY]

Jefferson County, AL: companionship for senior citizens, 9683 [2MY]

Oregon: commend Literacy Line (organization), 14175 [10JN]

Oregon Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co.: recipient of Presidential Citation for Private Sector Initiatives, 23699 [13SE]

Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co.: free local phone service at community, public assistance, and senior citizen centers, 306 [27JA]

Pornography: dial-a-porn telephone industry, 3638 [10MR], 8013 [20AP]

———restrict obscene and indecent communications, 1666 [17FE], 1699 [18FE], 5554 [29MR], 7330, 7448, 7479 [19AP], 7517 [19AP], 9677 [2MY], 13888 [8JN]

———restrict obscene and indecent communications (H.R. 1786), 1682, 1683 [17FE]

Poverty: free service (H. Res. 351), 28590 [5OC]

Prevention of Telephone Pornography Act: enact (H.R. 4401), 7330-7339 [19AP]

Taxation: excise tax on companies that charge customers for blocking access to certain exchanges (H.R. 4287), 5631 [29MR]

Thailand: AT&T factory, 16770 [7JY]

US Sprint Communications Co.: construction of nationwide fiber-optic long-distance network, 33452 [21OC]

Remarks in Senate

Crime and criminals: theft of cellular car phones, 18751 [26JY]

Dial-a-porn industry (H.R. 4401), 7263 [19AP]

Domestic industry: participation in the provision of equipment and services (S. Con. Res. 161), 30903 [14OC]

FCC: regulation of interstate service rates (S. 2044), 1108 [4FE]

Handicapped: services for the hearing-impaired (S. 2221), 5511 [29MR], 21679 [10AU], 31607, 31608 [18OC]

Hearing Aid Compatibility Act: enact (S. 314), 17561-17563 [11JY], 21671 [10AU]

Israel: Jerusalem location in Dept. of State telephone directory, 21146 [9AU]

Rural areas: cellular phone service, 18752 [26JY]

Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act: enact (S. 2213), 5210 [24MR]

Universal telephone service, 31721 [19OC]

Reports

Current Policies of AT&T and the Seven Holding Companies: National Decency Forum, 7483 [27AP]

Reports filed

Free Service for Disadvantaged: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H. Res. 351) (H. Rept. 100-1023), 27328 [30SE]

Hearing Aid Compatibility: Committee on Energy and and Commerce (H.R. 2213) (H. Rept. 100-674), 13517 [7JN]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 314) (S. Rept. 100-391), 15365 [21JN]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2221) (S. Rept. 100-464), 21242 [9AU]

Reports to constituents

Nichols, Bill: Law Would ``Disconnect'' Pornography, 3638 [10MR]

Summaries

Consumer Fraud Prevention Act (S. 2336), 8877 [27AP]

Testimonies

Regional Bell Operating Companies and Information Services: Patricia Worthy, 10394 [10MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 351, free service for disadvantaged, 28590 [5OC]

H.R. 2213, hearing aid compatibility, 13506 [7JN]

H.R. 4101, Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act, 15971 [27JN]

S. 2213, Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act, 5211 [24MR]

S. 2221, telecommunications services for the hearing-impaired, 21678 [10AU]

S. Con. Res. 161, domestic industry participation in the provision of telecommunications equipment and services, 30902 [14OC]