FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Addresses

Washington, DC—It's a Make You or a Bring You Down and Break You Town: Jack Valenti, E280 [6MR]

Articles and editorials

FCC's Regulatory Overkill, E1372 [25JY]

How Bureaucrats Rewrite Laws, S12334 [3OC], E1909 [3OC]

Rush To Gulp U.S. Radio Stations, S6108 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: require promotion of sharing of broadcasting tower facilities (see H.R. 3945), H9705 [1AU]

Reform (see H.R. 3957), H9921 [2AU]

Safety: establish rules preventing broadcasts that create hazards for motorists (see H.R. 3419), H4646 [8MY]

Telecommunications: protection of consumer privacy relative to new communications technologies (see H.R. 3685), H6690 [20JN]

———State regulation of citizens band radio frequency interference with residential electronic or telephone equipment (see S. 2025), S9554 [2AU]

Telephones: prohibit providers of cellular and other mobile radio services from blocking access to 911 emergency services (see H.R. 3181), H3170 [28MR]

Television: establish toll-free number for comments relative to the broadcasting of violent programming (see H.R. 2964), H1234 [9FE]

———revise station ownership rules relative to local marketing agreements (see H.R. 3623), H6285 [12JN]

Letters

FCC auction of direct broadcast satellite spectrum: FCC, S684, S719 [1FE]

———several Members of Congress, S684 [1FE]

FCC funding relative to direct broadcast satellite spectrum: several Republican Members of Congress, H8271 [24JY]

———several organizations, H8270 [24JY]

FCC relocation: David J. Barram, GSA, E1931 [21OC]

Proposals

Electromagnetic Spectrum Management Policy Reform and Privatization Act, S4932-S4936 [9MY]

Remarks in House

Keyes, Alan: exclusion from participation in Presidential debate, H1969 [7MR]

Media: promote diversity in media ownership, management, and programming (H.R. 177), H6400 [13JN]

Reform (H.R. 3957), E1463 [2AU]

Relocation, E1859 [30SE], E1931 [21OC]

Satellite Home Viewer Act: technical corrections (H.R. 1861), H5781-H5784 [4JN]

Telecommunications: funding relative to direct broadcast satellite spectrum, H8266-H8272 [24JY]

———protection of consumer privacy relative to new communications technologies (H.R. 3685), E1145 [20JN]

Telephones: prohibit providers of cellular and other mobile radio services from blocking access to 911 emergency services (H.R. 3181), E480 [28MR]

Television: dissemination of indecent material on cable television, E931 [29MY]

———revise station ownership rules relative to local marketing agreements (H.R. 3623), E1066 [12JN]

Remarks in Senate

Bermuda: treatment of Bill and Allan MacDonald relative to cable television company, S9959 [5SE]

Dept. of Justice: telecommunications oversight authority, S698, S710 [1FE]

GSA: provide authority to negotiate payment for housing FCC, S10167 [10SE]

Radio: extend authority to use auctions for the allocation of radio spectrum frequencies, S1528 [5MR]

———FCC rules on radio station ownership, S6108 [11JN], S6633 [21JN]

Reform, S11907 [30SE]

Relocation, S11884 [30SE]

Small business: impact of FCC financial standards, S11931 [30SE]

Telecommunications: auction of direct broadcast satellite spectrum, S5424 [21MY], S5533 [23MY]

———licensing of paging systems, S4514 [1MY]

———national spectrum policy reform, S2000-S2003 [13MR], S4928-S4931 [9MY]

———Post-FTS2000 Program contract solicitation, S10399 [12SE]

———promote competition and deregulation of Bell Telephone Cos.' entrance into long distance telephone service, S688 [1FE]

———reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, S12333 [3OC]

———sale of television satellite transmission licenses, S490 [26JA]

———State regulation of citizens band radio frequency interference with residential electronic or telephone equipment (S. 2025), S9564 [2AU]

Television: auction of direct broadcast satellite spectrum, S684, S685 [1FE]

———auctioning of certain spectrum frequencies, S7297 [28JN]

———cable rate reform, S688, S692 [1FE]

———review of ownership operation restrictions, S705 [1FE]

Reports filed

Satellite Home Viewer Act Technical Corrections: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1861) (H. Rept. 104-554), H4430 [6MY]

Statements

Auctioning of Direct Broadcast Satellite Spectrum: Bob Dole, H8270 [24JY]

Summaries

Electromagnetic Spectrum Management Policy Reform and Privatization Act, S4931 [9MY]

Texts of

H.R. 1861, Copyright Clarifications Act, H5781-H5783 [4JN]

S. 2025, State regulation of citizens band radio frequency interference with residential electronic or telephone equipment, S9565 [2AU]