COMMUNICATIONS

Addresses

Telecommunications and the World Information Revolution—Making Ends Meet: Daniel L. Brenner, 18681 [3AU]

Analyses

Board for International Broadcasting Appropriations (S. 810), 6725 [17AP]

High-Definition Television Competitiveness Act (H.R. 1267), 3408 [2MR]

Improving Communications to Prevent Aircraft Accident Prevention (H.R. 3555), 26719 [31OC]

Articles and editorials

Armor Intercom System ``Unreliable'', 17671 [2AU]

Bell Babies Clearly Require a New Formula, 10199 [24MY]

Cable Television Rates Are Out of Control, 22431 [28SE]

Eyes Above Will Halt Oilspills Below, 26386 [27OC]

Fairness Doctrine, 18695 [4AU]

Networks to Censors—Take a Walk, Audience Erosion From Cable, Home Video, Pay TV a Factor, 4385 [15MR]

Peephole Telephoning, 8582 [9MY]

Radiation From Soviet Nuclear Reactors in Space Hampers U.S. Satellite, 16541 [27JY]

Rural America Needs Better Telecommunication System, 19023 [4AU]

Satellites Dish up TV and Rural Discrimination, 22432 [28SE]

South Central Bell Takes Over Hughes—Official Says Customers Won't See Immediate Changes, 19126 [4AU]

Soviet Satellites' Radiation Distorts Scientific Observations, 16541 [27JY]

Space Reactors Hinder Gamma-Ray Astronomy, 16540 [27JY]

Television Violence Will Keep Growing Until You Stop It, 20086 [12SE]

Bills and resolutions

Aeronautics: improve communications relative to aircraft accident prevention (see H.R. 3555)

Beepers and pagers: prevent possession by persons under 21 years of age (see H.R. 1504)

Bell Telephone companies: conduct research on, design, and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (see S. 1981)

Cable Television Compulsory License Non-Discrimination Act: enact (see S. 177)

Cable Television Rate Disclosure Act: enact (see H.R. 1375)

Cable Television Subscriber Protection Act: enact (see S. 833)

Cellular Communication Competition Act: enact (see S. 1907)

Commission on International Security and Satellite Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1574)

Computers: prohibit use of interstate communications networks to distribute viruses (see H.R. 3524)

Congress: improve policy coordination within executive branch (see H.R. 122)

———policy on providing advanced services and equipment (see S. Con. Res. 34)

Copyrights: unlicensed viewing of videos under certain conditions (see S. 716)

Cuba: direct mail delivery and improved telephone communications equipment (see H.R. 2657)

———television broadcasting (see S. 375; H.R. 1294, 1311)

Dept. of Commerce: development and use of new telecommunications technologies (see H.R. 2965)

Employment: equal opportunities in industry (see H.R. 248)

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: enact (see S. 577)

FCC: postpone effective date of certain financial syndication rules (see H.R. 2836)

———protect consumers from unfair practices in the provision of operator services (see H.R. 971)

———use of value-based assignments in awarding licenses for electromagnetic spectrum (see S. 170)

Hearing-impaired and speech-impaired: improved access (see H.R. 3171)

Merchant marine: require certain tankers to be equipped with satellite navigation systems (see H.R. 3461)

National Cable Television Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 232)

National Endowment for Children's Educational Television: establish (see S. 797)

National Pay Telephone Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 428)

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1839; H.R. 3310)

OMB: oral communication reports (see H.R. 3314)

Pornography: restrict children's access to indecent telephone communications (see H.R. 2755)

Radio: improve multilingual broadcasting (see H.R. 1629)

———improve the quality of reception (see H.R. 2714)

———reform broadcast license renewal process (see H.R. 1136)

Rural Access to Telecommunications Services Act: enact (see S. 759)

Rural areas: business communication and development assistance (see S. 1030)

———improvement of telephone services (see H.R. 3564)

Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act: enact (see S. 1698)

Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking System: upgrade ground segment (see S. 194)

Services: availability (see S. 1452)

Tariff: magnetic video tape recordings (see H.R. 698)

Taxation: telephone companies charges for blocking access to certain exchanges (see H.R. 3201)

Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Stimulation Act: enact (see H.R. 103)

Telephone Indecency Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1414)

Telephone: FCC determination of the effects of price cap regulation on interstate rates (see H.R. 1572)

———operating companies to provide certain services and equipment to consumers (see H.R. 2140)

———prohibit certain practices involving automatic dialing systems (see H.R. 628, 2131)

———prohibit certain practices involving the commercial use of facsimile machines (see H.R. 2184)

———regulation of operator consumer services (see S. 1643, 1660)

———safeguards for subscribers of small companies relative to interstate service rates (see H.R. 1238)

———transmission of obscene and indecent material (see S. 72)

Television: approval of cable rate increases by local regulatory authorities (see H.R. 2128)

———competition in sale of satellite-distributed programming (see S. 168)

———conduct certain activities relative to promoting improvements in the industry (see H.R. 823)

———developing a U.S.-based high-definition technology (see S. 1001)

———improve competition and services relative to programming and prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 2437)

———primary commercial service to metropolitan areas (see H.R. 695)

———prohibit encryption of broadcast programming produced with Federal subsidization (see H.R. 2667)

———regulation of cable television service tiers (see H.R. 1304)

———stimulate the design, development, and manufacture of high definition technology (see H.R. 1267)

Commentaries

Telecommunications industry competitiveness: Paul Harvey, 7726 [2MY]

Explanations

FCC regulation fee structure, 31111-31117 [21NO]

Factsheets

MFJ Restrictions Hurt U.S. Trade: Representative Crane, 3034 [28FE]

Letters

License fees for amateur radio operators: George Race, 24594 [13OC]

Modernization of special operations forces communication equipment: James J. Lindsay, 17477 [1AU]

Lists

Cities where cable rates went up 50% or more in 1987, 4040 [13MR]

Memorials of legislature

Hawaii, 11417 [9JN]

Maine, 17334 [1AU]

Petitions

Brusly, LA, Board of Aldermen, 23834 [6OC]

Remarks in House

A.H. Belo Corp.: alleged FCC violations, 26309 [26OC]

Aeronautics: improve communications to prevent aircraft accident (H.R. 3555), 26516 [31OC], 26718 [31OC]

Army Information Systems Command: anniversary, 26900 [1NO]

Beepers and pagers: prevent possession by persons under 21 years of age (H.R. 1504), 6355 [12AP], 12831 [21JN]

Bell Telephone companies: conduct research on, design, and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (S. 1981), 31771 [21NO]

Broadcasting: codify the fairness doctrine (H.R. 315), 174 [3JA]

Cable Rate Disclosure Act: enact (H.R. 1375), 4040 [13MR]

Cable television: programming, 15430 [20JY]

Commission on International Security and Satellite Monitoring: establish (H.R. 1574), 5189-5191 [22MR]

Computers: prohibit use of interstate communications networks to distribute viruses (H.R. 3524), 26104 [25OC]

C-SPAN: anniversary, 5353 [3AP]

Cuba: television broadcasting (H.R. 1294), 3677 [8MR], 4154 [15MR], 6251, 6252 [12AP]

Dept. of Commerce: development and use of new telecommunications technologies (H.R. 2965), 15758 [21JY], 15775 [21JY]

Dept. of Defense: domestic procurement contract compliance by General Telephone & Electronics Corp., 14030 [11JY]

Fair Television Service Act: enact (H.R. 695), 1173 [27JA]

FCC: delete fairness doctrine provisions from reconciliation, 22854-22859 [3OC]

———impact of access charges on enhanced service providers, 27823 [7NO]

———protect consumers from unfair practices in the provision of operator services (H.R. 971), 2039-2043 [9FE], 21465-21470 [25SE]

———regulation fees, 31110 [21NO]

Foreign trade: increase telecommunications industry competitiveness, 7726 [2MY]

———restrictions on telecommunications market, 3034 [28FE]

General Telephone & Electronics Corp.: international business, 14622, 14689-14692 [13JY]

Handicapped: access for hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals (H.R. 3171), 19471 [4AU]

Hughes Telephone Co.: sale to South Central Bell, 19126 [4AU]

International Telecommunications Union: tribute to U.S. delegation, 19435 [4AU]

National Public Radio: apology for out-of-context reporting of Representative Traxlers' position on California earthquake relief funding, 25905 [25OC]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3310), 21176 [20SE], 26485 [30OC]

Navstar GPS satellite: launching, 11840 [14JN]

Northern Telecom, Inc.: optical fiber technology, 30707 [21NO]

Pornography: regulation of dial-a-porn, 29901, 29905-29908 [17NO]

———restrict children's access to indecent telephone communications (H.R. 2755), 13500 [27JN]

Public Access to Captioned Television Act: enact (H.R. 2968), 15779 [21JY]

Public safety officers: radio interoperability, 2503 [22FE]

Radio: reform broadcast license renewal process (H.R. 1136), 3057 [28FE], 12411 [19JN]

RADIOVISION: anniversary, 7464 [25AP]

Taxation: telephone companies charges on blocking access to certain exchanges (H.R. 3201), 19443 [4AU]

Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Stimulation Act: enact (H.R. 103), 159 [3JA]

Telephone: FCC determination of the effects of price cap regulation on interstate rates (H.R. 1572), 5203 [22MR]

———operating companies to provide certain services and equipment to consumers (H.R. 2140), 7622 [27AP], 7626 [27AP]

———prohibit certain practices involving the commercial use of facsimile machines (H.R. 2184), 7873, 7886 [2MY]

———prohibit certain practices relative to advertising and solicitation (H.R. 2921), 15090 [18JY]

———prohibit certain practices relative to automatic dialing devices (H.R. 2131), 7577 [26AP]

———safeguards for subscribers of small companies relative to interstate service rates (H.R. 1238), 3411 [2MR]

Television: approval of cable rate increases by local regulatory authorities (H.R. 2128), 7566 [26AP]

———conduct certain activities relative to promoting improvements in the industry (H.R. 823), 1656 [2FE]

———improve competition and services relative to programming and prohibit discrimination (H.R. 2437), 10005 [22MY]

———prohibit foreign ownership of cable systems (H.R. 2643), 11848 [14JN]

———regulation of cable television service tiers (H.R. 1304), 3835 [8MR]

———stimulate the design, development, and manufacture of high-definition technology (H.R. 1267), 3407 [2MR], 9985 [18MY]

Remarks in Senate

Bell Communications Research: tribute, 7344 [19AP]

Bell Telephone companies: research, design and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (S. 1981), 31572 [21NO]

Cable Television Compulsory License Non-Discrimination Act: enact (S. 177), 830 [25JA]

Cable Television Subscriber Protection Act: enact (S. 833), 7006-7009 [18AP]

Cellular Communication Competition Act: enact (S. 1907), 29758 [17NO]

Competition in Cable Television Act: enact (S. 834), 7006-7009 [18AP]

Congress: policy relative to providing advanced services and equipment (S. Con. Res. 34), 8571 [9MY]

Copyrights: unlicensed viewing of videos under certain conditions (S. 716), 5737 [6AP]

Corporations: AT&T's divested services, 19022 [4AU]

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: enact (S. 577), 4336-4338 [15MR], 6960 [18AP]

FCC: use of value-based assignments in awarding licenses (S. 170), 819 [25JA]

Foreign trade: balance of services with Japan, 1333 [31JA]

Merchant marine: satellite tracking of ships for safer navigation, 26386 [27OC]

National Endowment for Children's Educational Television: establish (S. 797), 18815-18819 [4AU]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: authorizing appropriations (S. 1839), 27126 [3NO]

Rural Access to Telecommunications Services Act: enact (S. 759), 6031, 6033 [11AP]

Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act: enact (S. 1698), 22429-22434 [28SE]

Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking System: upgrade ground segment (S. 194), 850 [25JA]

Services: availability (S. 1452), 17497 [1AU]

Space sciences: impact on technology research, 15669 [20JY]

Technology: impact of space exploration, 15669 [20JY]

Telephone Indecency Prevention Act: enact (S. 1414), 16674 [27JY]

Telephone Operator Service Consumer Protection Act: enact (S. 1643), 20884 [19SE]

Telephone: privacy, 8582 [9MY]

———regulation of operator consumer services (S. 1660), 21379 [22SE], 21447 [25SE]

———transmission of obscene and indecent material (S. 72), 425 [25JA]

Television: competition in sale of satellite-distributed programming (S. 168), 456, 816 [25JA]

———depiction of violence, 20086 [12SE]

———effects of violence on youth (S. 593), 4384 [15MR]

———tax exemption for drug abuse advertising, 23515 [5OC]

Television to Cuba Broadcasting Act: enact (S. 375), 1937-1939 [8FE], 3578 [7MR], 4935 [17MR]

USIA: report the acquisition and use of public programming material, 15226 [19JY]

Reports

Rural Telecommunications: Aspen Institute, 11138 [7JN]

Reports filed

Communications Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 577) (S. Rept. 101-141), 21697 [26SE]

Denouncing EEC Adoption of a Restrictive Broadcasting Directive: Committee on Ways and Means (H. Res. 257) (H. Rept. 101-290), 24814 [17OC]

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 593), 9085 [12MY]

FCC Protection for Consumers From Unfair Trade Practices: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 971) (H. Rept. 101-213), 18670 [3AU]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3310) (H. Rept. 101-317), 26369 [27OC]

Restrictions on Advertising During Children's Television: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1677) (H. Rept. 101-385), 31242 [21NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Effects of television violence on youth: American Psychological Association, 4385 [15MR]

Statements

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: American Academy of Pediatrics, 4385 [15MR]

Research on Bell Telephone Companies Equipment: several organizations, 31772 [21NO]

Services for Hearing- and Speech-Impaired Individuals: Senator McCain, 17498 [1AU]

Studies

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: Senator Simon's staff, 4386-4388 [15MR]

Testimonies

Effects of Television Violence on Youth: NIH, 4385 [15MR]

———Robert Keeshan, 4385 [15MR]

Texts of

H.R. 103, Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Stimulation Act, 160 [3JA]

H.R. 971, Telephone Operator Service Consumer Protection Act, 21465 [25SE]

H.R. 1375, Cable Rate Disclosure Act, 4040 [13MR]

H.R. 3310, authorizing appropriations for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 26485 [30OC]

H.R. 3555, improving communications relative to aircraft accident prevention, 26719 [31OC]

S. 170, Spectrum Assignment Improvements Act, 820 [25JA]

S. 177, Cable Compulsory License Non-Discrimination Act, 831 [25JA]

S. 194, upgrade ground segment of the Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking System, 850 [25JA]

S. 375, Television to Cuba Broadcasting Act, 1938 [8FE]

S. 577, Fairness in Broadcasting Act, 4337 [15MR]

S. 593, effects of television violence on youth, 4385 [15MR]

S. 716, unlicensed viewing of videos under certain conditions, 5737 [6AP]

S. 759, Rural Access to Telecommunications Services Act, 6032 [11AP]

S. 797, National Endowment for Children's Educational Television, 18818 [4AU]

S. 1414, Telephone Indecency Prevention Act, 16674 [27JY]

S. 1452, availability of services, 17498 [1AU]

S. 1643, Telephone Operator Service Consumer Protection, 20884 [19SE]

S. 1698, Satellite Television Fair Marketing Act, 22430 [28SE]

S. 1839, National Telecommunications and Information Administration appropriations, 27126 [3NO]

S. 1907, Cellular Communication Competition Act, 29759 [17NO]

S. Con. Res. 34, congressional policy relative to providing advanced telecommunications services and equipment, 8571 [9MY]