[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]