    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT
      Articles and editorials
        Computer in Every Classroom, H4624 [16JN]
        FCC Votes To Shrink Internet Subsidies Program, Two Bills Would
            Shift Costs, H4620 [16JN]
        Should We Wire Schools?, S6258 [11JN]
        To the Telecommunications Industry, Congress, and the FCC--Don't
            Pull the Plug on America's Children, H5582 [15JY]
      Bills and resolutions
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see
            H.R. 3783), H2705 [30AP]
        FCC:  E-Rate Program implementation, (see S. 2348), S8919 [23JY]
        ------ prohibit increase in the national audience reach limitations,
            (see H.R. 4845), H11023 [15OC]
        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]
        ------ require accurate billing by carriers relative to costs and
            fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act, (see S. 1897),
            S2967 [1AP], (see H.R. 4018), H4324 [9JN]
        Telephones:  improve pay telephone services, (see S. 1928), S3120
            [2AP]
        Television:  eliminate the sunset of consumer price protections on
            cable programming services, (see H.R. 3258), H630 [25FE]
      Letters
        E-Rate Program implementation:  Gail M. Tissier, Santa Maria-Bonita,
            CA, School District, H5583 [15JY]
        ------ Richard L. Summers, Shandon, CA, School District, H5584
            [15JY]
        ------ several Representatives, H5583 [15JY]
        FCC E-Rate Program implementation:  Richard W. Riley, Sec. of
            Education, H4624 [16JN]
        Regulation of telephone rates in rural areas:  Senators Thomas and
            Enzi and Representative Cubin, S858 [23FE]
      Poems
        ``E-Rate Killer'', E1346 [17JY]
      Remarks in House
        Computers:  require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful
            to minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors (H.R.
            3783), H9902-H9911 [7OC]
        FCC:  encourage competition in telecommunications industry, H489
            [12FE], E139 [11FE], E140 [11FE], E159 [12FE], E172 [12FE], E178
            [12FE], E185 [12FE], E188 [12FE], E406 [18MR], E480 [25MR]
        ------ E-Rate Program implementation, H4233 [5JN], H4234 [5JN],
            H4245 [9JN], H4338 [10JN], H4569 [16JN], H4575 [16JN],
            H4619-H4626 [16JN], H5503 [15JY], H5504 [15JY], H5582 [15JY],
            H5583 [15JY], H5960 [21JY], H5968 [21JY], H7001 [4AU], E1154
            [17JN], E1346 [17JY]
        ------ implementation of program relative to universal service
            support payments, E347 [11MR]
        Implementation, H109 [3FE], H489 [12FE], H1116 [12MR], H1557 [26MR],
            E139 [11FE], E140 [11FE], E159 [12FE], E172 [12FE], E178 [12FE],
            E185 [12FE], E188 [12FE], E259 [3MR], E262 [3MR], E265 [3MR]
        Telecommunications:  policies regulating competition, E958 [22MY]
        ------ regulation of telephone rates in rural areas, H243 [4FE]
        ------ require accurate billing by carriers relative to costs and
            fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act (H.R. 4018),
            H4569 [16JN], H5504 [15JY]
        ------ universal service support for schools, libraries, and health
            care facilities, H1116 [12MR]
        Television:  eliminate the sunset of consumer price protections on
            cable programming services (H.R. 3258), E227 [25FE]
      Remarks in Senate
        Ameritech (company):  acquisition of alarm monitoring companies
            relative to Telecommunications Act, S3227 [3AP]
        Computers:  prohibit commercial distribution of obscene or indecent
            material to minors by computer (S. 1482), S8450-S8452 [17JY]
        ----- prohibit commercial distribution of obscene or indecent
            material to minors by computer (S. 1482), unanimous-consent
            request, S8471 [17JY]
        FCC:  E-Rate Program implementation, S6005-S6007 [10JN], S6257
            [11JN]
        Implementation, S857 [23FE], S3227 [3AP]
        Iowa Communications Network:  FCC E-Rate Program participation,
            S8868 [23JY]
        Telecommunications:  enhance Dept. of Justice authority to prevent
            certain mergers and acquisitions (S. 2207), S6886 [23JN]
        ------ permit Bell Operating Cos., to provide interstate and
            intrastate telecommunications services (S. 1766), S1994 [16MR]
        ------ require accurate billing by carriers relative to costs and
            fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act, S4702-S4704
            [12MY] require accurate billing by carriers relative to costs
            and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act (S. 1897),
            S2973 [1AP]
        Telephones:  improve pay telephone services (S. 1928), S3143 [2AP]
        Television:  benefits of open competition in the cable industry,
            S6428 [16JN]
      Reports filed
        Child Online Protection Act:  Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R.
            3783) (H. Rept. 105-775), H9536 [5OC]
        Prohibit Commercial Distribution of Obscene or Indecent Material to
            Minors by Computer:  Committee on Commerce, Science, and
            Transportation (Senate) (S. 1482) (S. Rept. 105-225), S7170
            [25JN]
      Summaries
        Role of Competition and Regulation in Today's Cable TV Market:
            Hudson Institute, S6428 [16JN]
      Texts of
        H.R. 3783, Child Online Protection Act, H9902-H9905 [7OC]
        S. 1897, require accurate billing by carriers relative to costs and
            fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act, S2974 [1AP]
        S. 1928, Consumer Pay Telephone Protection Act, S3144 [2AP]
        S. 2207, Antitrust Improvements Act, S6887 [23JN]