    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
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      Amendments
        Telecommunications:  promote competition and privatization in
            satellite communications (H.R. 1872), H2737 [30AP], H2817 [5MY],
            H2835 [6MY], H2840 [6MY], H2849 [6MY], H2850 [6MY]
      Analyses
        Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act (H.R.
            1872):  Section 641 Relative to Direct Access, H2833 [6MY]
        Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act (S. 2287), S7951 [10JY]
        Copyright Compulsory License Improvement Act (H.R. 3210), E163-E165
            [12FE]
      Articles and editorials
        Breaking Comsat's Hold, E908 [20MY]
        Deregulation or Plain Old Theft?, H2841 [6MY]
      Bills and resolutions
        Aviation:  enhance competition between airlines and improve
            consumers' access to airline industry information, (see H.R.
            4742), H10075 [8OC]
        ------ enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares,
            (see H.R. 3160), H329 [4FE]
        ------ enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares,
            (see H.R. 4577), H7914 [16SE]
        Business and industry:  improve competitiveness of U.S. business and
            promote foreign commerce, (see H.R. 4353), H6819 [30JY]
        Colleges and universities:  require free market competition between
            on-campus and off-campus businesses providing supplies and
            services to students, (see S. 2490), S10517 [17SE]
        Electric power:  provide for retail competition among suppliers,
            (see S. 2187), S6564 [18JN], (see H.R. 4715), H10010 [7OC]
        Insurance:  provide consumers choice of auto insurance, guarantee
            affordable premiums, and improve compensation for accident
            victims, (see S. 2454), S10118 [9SE]
        International Mobile Satellite Organization:  U.S. membership after
            restructuring, (see S. 2572), S11698 [7OC]
        Public utilities:  provide for competition in electric power
            industry, (see S. 2287), S7939 [10JY]
        Taxation:  treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain
            electrical output facilities, (see S. 2182), S6487 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
            output facilities, (see H.R. 4732), H10075 [8OC]
        Telecommunications:  enhance Dept. of Justice authority to prevent
            certain mergers and acquisitions, (see S. 2207), S6886 [23JN]
        ------ permit Bell Operating Cos., to provide interstate and
            intrastate telecommunications services, (see S. 1766), S1990
            [16MR]
        ------ promote competition and privatization in satellite
            communications, (see S. 2365), S9137 [28JY] promote competition
            and privatization in satellite communications (H.R. 1872),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 419), H2813 [5MY]
        Television:  enhance the ability of satellite television providers
            to compete with cable television systems, (see S. 2494), S10518
            [17SE]
        ------ promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace,
            (see H.R. 4352), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see S. 1720), S1435 [5MR], (see H.R. 3210),
            H495 [12FE], (see H.R. 4449), H7411 [6AU]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4675), H9274 [1OC]
      Explanations
        Treatment of Tax-Exempt Bond Financing of Certain Electrical Output
            Facilities (S. 2182), S6490 [17JN]
      Letters
        Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act:
            Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative, E909 [20MY]
        ------ Daniel J. Popeo, Washington Legal Foundation, H2840 [6MY],
            H2842 [6MY], E909 [20MY]
        Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act:  Federico Pen�6a, Dept.
            of Energy, S7952 [10JY]
        Impact of satellite communications privatization on maritime safety
            services:  Kathy J. Metcalf, Chamber of Shipping of America
            (organization), H2829 [6MY]
      Lists
        Cosponsors of S. 1422, FCC Satellite Carrier Oversight Act, S8615
            [21JY]
      Remarks in House
        Aviation:  enhance competition between airlines and improve
            consumers' access to airline industry information (H.R. 4742),
            E1975 [9OC]
        ------ enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares,
            H9340-H9343 [2OC]
        ------ enhance competition between airlines and reduce airfares
            (H.R. 4577), E1729 [16SE]
        ------ establish guidelines on airline alliances to enhance
            competition and reduce airfares, E2312 [12NO]
        Business and industry:  improve competitiveness of U.S. business and
            promote foreign commerce (H.R. 4353), E1496 [31JY], E1524 [3AU]
        ------ improve competitiveness of U.S. business and promote foreign
            commerce (H.R. 4353), H10302-H10306 [9OC], E2076 [11OC], E2095
            [12OC], E2096 [12OC]
        Buy American Act:  compliance, H2849 [6MY], H2850 [6MY]
        Correctional institutions:  use of Federal prison labor relative to
            human rights violations and commercial competition for products,
            H4888 [22JN], H4889 [22JN]
        Students in Free Enterprise (organization):  tribute, E762 [5MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain
            electrical output facilities (H.R. 4732), E1966 [8OC]
        Telecommunications:  clarify under the fifth amendment the
            constitutionality of uncompensated takings of real property from
            COMSAT, H2840-H2849 [6MY]
        ------ impact of satellite communications privatization on maritime
            safety services, H2828 [6MY]
        ------ permit users or providers of telecommunications services to
            renegotiate or terminate contracts with COMSAT, H2850-H2859
            [6MY]
        ------ policies regulating competition, E958 [22MY]
        ------ promote competition and privatization in satellite
            communications (H.R. 1872), H2672 [30AP], H2825-H2860 [6MY],
            E908 [20MY] promote competition and privatization in satellite
            communications (H.R. 1872), consideration (H. Res. 419), H2823
            [6MY], H2824 [6MY]
        ------ require consultation with certain House and Senate committees
            prior to meetings with certain intergovernmental satellite
            corporations, H2850 [6MY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace (H.R. 2921), E509 [30MR]
        ----- promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace
            (H.R. 4352), E1509 [31JY]
        ------ promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace
            (H.R. 2921), H9932-H9937 [7OC], E1999 [9OC]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals (H.R. 3210), E162 [12FE]
      Remarks in Senate
        Ameritech (company):  acquisition of alarm monitoring companies
            relative to Telecommunications Act, S3227 [3AP]
        Colleges and universities:  require free market competition between
            on-campus and off-campus businesses providing supplies and
            services to students (S. 2490), S10520 [17SE]
        Copyrights:  reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals (H.R. 3210), S724 [12FE]
        Electric power:  provide for retail competition among suppliers (S.
            2187), S6564 [18JN]
        Insurance:  provide consumers choice of auto insurance, guarantee
            affordable premiums, and improve compensation for accident
            victims (S. 2454), S10141 [9SE]
        ----- provide consumers choice of auto insurance, guarantee
            affordable premiums, and improve compensation for accident
            victims (S. 2454), placed on calendar, S10221 [10SE]
        International Mobile Satellite Organization:  U.S. membership after
            restructuring (S. 2572), S11711 [7OC]
        Public utilities:  provide for competition in electric power
            industry (S. 2287), S7942 [10JY]
        Russia:  support democracy and free market system, S10222 [10SE]
        Taxation:  treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain
            electrical output facilities (S. 2182), S6488-S6491 [17JN]
        Telecommunications:  enhance Dept. of Justice authority to prevent
            certain mergers and acquisitions (S. 2207), S6886 [23JN]
        ------ INTELSAT Working Party (organization) recommendations
            relative to creation of an independent company, S2230 [18MR]
        ------ permit Bell Operating Cos., to provide interstate and
            intrastate telecommunications services (S. 1766), S1994 [16MR]
        ------ promote competition and privatization in satellite
            communications, S3177 [2AP] promote competition and
            privatization in satellite communications (S. 2365), S9138
            [28JY]
        Television:  benefits of open competition in the cable industry,
            S6428 [16JN]
        ------ enhance the ability of satellite television providers to
            compete with cable television systems (S. 2494), S10524 [17SE],
            S10525 [17SE]
        ------ promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace,
            S8615 [21JY], S8639 [21JY], S8640 [21JY]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals (S. 1720), S1449-S1461 [5MR]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals (S. 1720), S10513 [17SE], S10514 [17SE],
            S10576 [18SE], S10580 [18SE]
      Reports
        Dept. of Transportation Guidelines Relative to Airline Alliances:
            Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E2312
            [12NO]
      Reports filed
        Consideration of H.R. 1872, Communications Satellite Competition and
            Privatization Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 419) (H.
            Rept. 105-507), H2813 [5MY]
        Copyright Compulsory License Improvement Act:  Committee on the
            Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1720), S11278 [1OC]
        International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act:  Committee on
            Commerce (House) (H.R. 4353) (H. Rept. 105-802), H10075 [8OC]
        Multichannel Video Competition and Consumer Protection Act:
            Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2921) (H. Rept. 105-661),
            H6819 [30JY]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2921) (H. Rept. 105-
            661), H7583 [10SE]
        Promote Competition and Privatization in Satellite Communications:
            Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1872) (H. Rept. 105-494),
            H2331 [27AP]
      Rulings
        Classification of COMSAT as a Nondominant Common Carrier:  FCC,
            H2857 [6MY]
      Summaries
        Role of Competition and Regulation in Today's Cable TV Market:
            Hudson Institute, S6428 [16JN]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 419, consideration of H.R. 1872, Communications Satellite
            Competition and Privatization Act, H2823 [6MY]
        H.R. 1872, Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization
            Act, H2835-H2838 [6MY]
        H.R. 2921, Multichannel Video Competition and Consumer Protection
            Act, H9932 [7OC]
        H.R. 4353, International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act,
            H10302-H10305 [9OC]
        S. 1720, Copyright Compulsory License Improvement Act, S1450-S1460
            [5MR], S10610 [18SE]
        S. 1766, Telecommunications Competition Act, S1995 [16MR]
        S. 2182, treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain
            electrical output facilities, S6489 [17JN]
        S. 2187, Electric Consumer Choice Act, S6565 [18JN]
        S. 2207, Antitrust Improvements Act, S6887 [23JN]
        S. 2287, Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act, S7943-S7951
            [10JY]
        S. 2572, International Mobile Satellite Organization U.S. membership
            after restructuring, S11712 [7OC]