TELEPHONES

Articles and editorials

McDermott Gets $600,000 Tab in Leak of Illegal Phone Tape, E2088 [20NO]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: provide a monthly allotment of free telephone calling time to members stationed outside the U.S. who are directly supporting military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H.R. 5210), H8167 [5OC]

———tribute to individuals that have donated prepaid telephone cards to members participating in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 525), H10079 [19NO]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3816), H515 [11FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a first responder and terrorism preparedness grant information hotline (see S. 2171), S2223 [4MR] (see S. 2239), S3180 [25MR] (see S. 2632), S7828 [8JY]

Families and domestic relations: establish grants to improve and study the National Domestic Violence Hotline (see S. 2189), S2543 [10MR] (see H.R. 4105), H2018 [1AP]

Political campaigns: clarify disclosure requirements of identifying information within campaign communications which are printed, made through the Internet, and through prerecorded telephone calls (see H.R. 4985), H6704 [22JY]

Taxation: exempt low-income senior citizens from the communications excise tax and other fees collected for costs associated with universal and toll service (see H.R. 5225), H8407 [6OC]

Telecommunications: preserve State and local authority to regulate placement, construction, and modification of personal wireless services facilities (see S. 2964), S10846 [8OC]

———provide a clear and unambiguous structure for the jurisdictional and regulatory treatment of voice-over-Internet-protocol applications (see S. 2281), S3631 [5AP] (see H.R. 4129), H2151 [2AP]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see S. 2994), S11429 [17NO] (see H.R. 5420), H10232 [20NO]

Remarks in House

Enhanced 9-1-1 Institute: tribute, E188 [24FE]

Families and domestic relations: establish grants to improve and study the National Domestic Violence Hotline (H.R. 4105), E509 [2AP]

FCC: court ruling on triennial review rulemaking on local phone competition and broadband deployment, H835, H843 [4MR], E289, E295 [3MR], E305, E308 [4MR], E329, E332 [9MR]

———economic impact of deregulating the deployment of broadband facilities, E30 [21JA]

McDermott, Representative: verdict in civil lawsuit relative to interception of cellular phone conversations between Members of Congress, E2087 [20NO]

MonCre Telephone Cooperative, Inc.: anniversary, E1907 [11OC]

National security: improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through use of wireless enhanced 911 (E911) services (H.R. 2898), H2551 [5MY], H3096 [18MY], H7724 [28SE]

National Telecommunications Cooperative Association: anniversary, E93 [3FE]

Telecommunications: provide a clear and unambiguous structure for the jurisdictional and regulatory treatment of voice-over-Internet-protocol applications (H.R. 4129), E526 [2AP]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (H.R. 5420), E2121 [20NO]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (S. 1873), S3520 [1AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: Rural Economic Development Grant and Loan Program funds allocation, S147 [22JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a first responder and terrorism preparedness grant information hotline (S. 2171), S2233 [4MR]

———establish a first responder and terrorism preparedness grant information hotline (S. 2632), S7867 [8JY], S7900 [9JY]

Families and domestic relations: establish grants to improve and study the National Domestic Violence Hotline (S. 2189), S2557 [10MR]

National Telecommunications Cooperative Association: anniversary, S368 [2FE]

Telecommunications: preserve State and local authority to regulate placement, construction, and modification of personal wireless services facilities (S. 2964), S10858 [8OC]

———provide a clear and unambiguous structure for the jurisdictional and regulatory treatment of voice-over-Internet-protocol applications (S. 2281), S3777 [6AP]

———regulatory treatment of broadband providers, S11671 [20NO]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (S. 2994), S11434 [17NO]

Reports filed

VOIP Regulatory Freedom Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2281), S11639 [19NO]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2281) (S. Rept. 108-425), S11897 [7DE]

Wireless 411 Privacy Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1963), S11639 [19NO]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1963) (S. Rept. 108-423), S11897 [7DE]

Texts of

S. 2189, Domestic Violence Connections Campaign Act, S2557 [10MR]

S. 2964, Local Control of Cellular Towers Act, S10859 [8OC]