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     The following is background information on 10 bills introduced in
Congress this year involving the regulation of pornography broadcast by
computer. This information comes from BILLWATCH, a service of Congressional
Quarterly's Washington Alert computer database. It is current as of
June 14, 1995. For more information about Washington Alert, please visit
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MEASURE:         HR1240

SPONSOR:         McCollum (R-FL)

BRIEF TITLE:     Sexual Crimes Against Children Act of 1995.

OFFICIAL TITLE:  A bill to combat crime by enhancing the penalties for
                 certain sexual crimes against children.

QUICK REFERENCE: Contract With America: Penalties for child pornography

INTRODUCED:      03/15/95

COSPONSORS:      7 (Dems: 0  Reps: 7  Ind: 0)

COMMITTEES:      House Judiciary

RELATED BILLS:   See HR11

CQ BILLWATCH BRIEF: Rep. Bill McCollum, R-Fla., chairman of the
Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, introduced a bill (HR1240) that would
impose tougher penalties for those convicted of sexual abuse of
children or producing or peddling child pornography.
   The bill would increase sentences for sexual offenses against
children and close certain loopholes in federal laws protecting
children. Computers, with their enhanced graphics and rapid
communication, increasingly are being used by pornographers. The bill
would add two crimes -- selling obscene material and broadcasting it on
cable or subscription television -- to the list of offenses that can
trigger a prosecution under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations (RICO) law. During the House Judiciary Committee markup,
Barney Frank, D-Mass., tried to strike the provision adding to the RICO
law, arguing that RICO has become too broad. His amendment was rejected,
11-22.
   HR1240 would direct the U.S. Sentencing Commission to increase
recommended penalties if the offender used a computer to produce or
transmit such materials to recruit children to participate. The measure
would increase the range of penalties that could be imposed for creating
child pornography by a minimum of 17 months' imprisonment, to at least
70-87 months. The bill would also increase the penalties that could be
imposed on first-time offenders for trafficking in child pornography by
a minimum of six months' incarceration to at least 24-30 months.
   The bill would direct the sentencing commission to conduct a study
and submit a report to Congress focusing on repeat violators of child
pornography to determine the effects of incarceration in deterring that
crime. The study would also develop ways to educate children on how to
avoid becoming victims of child pornographers.
   The legislation is a revised version of provisions included as part
of HR11, the "family reinforcement" plank of the House Republicans'
"Contract With America." Sen. Alfonse M. D'Amato, R-N.Y., has introduced
a bill (S241) with similar language.

CQ BILLWATCH INSIGHT: On April 4, 1995, the House voted 417-0 to suspend
the rules and pass HR1240. A two-thirds majority of those present and
voting (278 in this case) is required for passage under suspension of
the rules. No floor amendments are allowed on bills considered under
suspension.
   To help secure Democratic cooperation to consider the bill under the
expedited procedure, McCollum agreed to drop a provision that would have
added two obscenity crimes -- selling obscene material and broadcasting
over cable or subscription television -- to the list of offenses that
can trigger a prosecution under RICO law.
   The Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent April 6 with a
technical change, sending it back to the House to be cleared.

SHORT TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
  Sexual Crimes Against Children Prevention Act of 1995

SHORT TITLE AS REPORTED IN HOUSE:
  Sexual Crimes Against Children Prevention Act of 1995

SHORT TITLE AS PASSED IN HOUSE:
  Sexual Crimes Against Children Prevention Act of 1995

SHORT TITLE AS PASSED IN SENATE:
  Sex Crimes Against Children Prevention Act of 1995

CRS DIGEST:
  04/06/95 (Passed Senate, amended )Sex Crimes Against Children
Prevention Act of 1995 - Directs the United States Sentencing
Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines to increase the base
offense level: (1) by at least two levels for offenses involving the
creation of, or trafficking in, child pornography; (2) by at least two
levels if a computer was used to traffic in, or advertise, child
pornography; and (3) by at least three levels for an offense involving
the interstate transportation of children with intent to engage in
criminal sexual activity.

  Directs the Commission to submit a report to the Congress concerning
offenses involving child pornography and other sex offenses against
children, including: (1) an analysis of the sentences imposed for
specified sex offenses and recommendations as to any modifications to
the sentencing guidelines; (2) an analysis (and recommendations
regarding modification) of the sentences for other specified offenses
where the victim was under age 18; (3) an analysis of the type of
substantial assistance that courts have recognized as warranting a
downward departure from the sentencing guidelines for specified child
pornography offenses; and (4) a survey of the recidivism rate for
offenders convicted of committing sexual crimes against children, an
analysis of the impact on recidivism of sexual abuse treatment provided
during or after incarceration, and an analysis of whether increased
penalties would reduce recidivism for those crimes.

LEGISLATIVE ACTION:

03/15/95 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary (Revised
         provisions of HR11, Family Reinforcement Act, are
         included in this measure.) (CR p. H3275)

03/15/95 Original Cosponsor(s): 7
  Barr, B. (R-GA)           Coble (R-NC)              Vucanovich (R-NV)
  Bryant, E. (R-TN)         Heineman (R-NC)
  Chabot (R-OH)             Schiff (R-NM)

03/16/95 Subcommittee consideration and markup held by the House
         Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime. (CR p. D367)

03/16/95     **  SUBCOMMITTEE VOTE ** HR1240. Sexual Crimes Against
             Children Prevention Act/Sentencing Commission Study.
             Scott, D-Va., amendment to add language directing the
             U.S. Sentencing Commission to conduct a study and submit
             a report to Congress focusing on repeat violators of
             child pornography and related statutes and assess whether
             the following would further reduce sexual crimes against
             children: additional increases in periods of
             incarceration for offenders, sexual abuse treatment
             during or after incarceration, programs to educate
             children on how to avoid victimization, treatment of
             child victims to limit the prospects of their becoming
             abusers, and any additional recommendations the
             commission might deem appropriate. Adopted  by voice vote
             March 16, 1995.

03/16/95     **  SUBCOMMITTEE VOTE ** HR1240. Sexual Crimes Against
             Children Prevention Act/Vote to Report. Direct the U.S.
             Sentencing Commission to make the following modifications
             to its sentencing guidelines for sexual crimes involving
             children: increase the range of penalties that could be
             imposed for creating child pornography by a minimum of 17
             months incarceration, to at least 70-87 months; increase
             the penalties that could be imposed on first-time
             offenders for trafficking in child pornography by a
             minimum of six months incarceration, to at least 24-30
             months; increase the penalties that could be imposed for
             trafficking in child pornography if a computer was used
             in the transmission of the material or the transmission
             of an advertisement for the material by a minimum of one
             year incarceration; and increase the penalties that could
             be imposed on first-time offenders for interstate
             transportation of a minor for the purpose of causing the
             minor to engage in prostitution or a criminal sexual act
             by a minimum of one year incarceration, to at least 30-37
             months. Amend the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
             Organizations Act list of predicate acts to include
             obscenity crimes enacted in 1988. Require the Sentencing
             Commission to conduct a study and report to Congress on
             possible remedies for repeat violators. Correct an
             erroneous cross-reference to the U.S. Code. As amended.
             Reported favorably  by voice vote March 16, 1995.

03/16/95 Approved for full committee action amended by the House
         Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime. (CR p. D367)
         (WR p. 822)

03/22/95 Committee consideration and markup session held by the
         House Judiciary Committee. (CR p. D395)

03/22/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** HR1240. Sexual Crimes Against
             Children Prevention Act/Predicate Offenses for RICO.
             Frank, D-Mass., amendment to the pending McCollum,
             R-Fla., substitute amendment to delete language that
             would amend the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
             Organizations Act list of predicate acts to include
             obscenity crimes enacted in 1988. Rejected 11-22: R 2-17;
             D 9-5, March 22, 1995.

03/22/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** HR1240. Sexual Crimes Against
             Children Prevention Act/Report by the U.S. Sentencing
             Commission. McCollum, R-Fla., amendment to the pending
             McCollum, R-Fla., substitute amendment to change the
             content requirements for the Sentencing Commission report
             to include: offenses involving child pornography and
             other sexual crimes against children; an analysis of
             sentences imposed for certain offenses and
             recommendations as to any modifications to sentencing
             guidelines; a survey of the recidivism rate for offenders
             convicted of sexual crimes against children; an analysis
             of the impact on recidivism of sexual abuse treatment
             provided during and/or after incarceration; an analysis
             of whether increased penalties would reduce recidivism;
             and other recommendations as the commission deems
             appropriate. Adopted  by voice vote March 22, 1995.

03/22/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** HR1240. Sexual Crimes Against
             Children Prevention Act/Penal Code. Lofgren, D-Calif.,
             amendment to the pending McCollum, R-Fla., substitute
             amendment to add language amending the U.S. Code to
             increase the maximum punishment for interstate
             transportation of minors from 10 years to life
             imprisonment. Ruled not germane,  March 22, 1995.

03/22/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** HR1240. Sexual Crimes Against
             Children Prevention Act/Penal Code. Lofgren, D-Calif.,
             amendment to the pending McCollum, R-Fla., substitute
             amendment to add language amending the U.S. Code to
             increase penalties for the creation of child pornography.
             Ruled not germane, March 22, 1995.

03/22/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** HR1240. Sexual Crimes Against
             Children Prevention Act/Sentencing Commission Guidelines.
             Lofgren, D-Calif., amendment to the pending McCollum,
             R-Fla., substitute amendment to add language directing
             the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend sentencing
             guidelines to increase penalties to life imprisonment for
             the sexual exploitation of children, the manufacturing of
             pornography and interstate transportation of children for
             prostitution. Rejected  by voice vote March 22, 1995.

03/22/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** HR1240. Sexual Crimes Against
             Children Prevention Act/Substitute Amendment. McCollum,
             R-Fla., substitute amendment to add a requirement for a
             report and its contents to be submitted by the U.S.
             Sentencing Commission to Congress within 180 days of
             enactment. (The amendment contained changes made by the
             Subcommittee on Crime.) As amended. Adopted  by voice
             vote March 22, 1995.

03/22/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** HR1240. Sexual Crimes Against
             Children Prevention Act/Vote to Report. Direct the U.S.
             Sentencing Commission to make the following modifications
             to its sentencing guidelines for sexual crimes involving
             children: increase the range of penalties that could be
             imposed for creating child pornography by a minimum of 17
             months incarceration, to at least 70-87 months; increase
             the penalties that could be imposed on first-time
             offenders for trafficking in child pornography by a
             minimum of six months incarceration, to at least 24-30
             months; increase the penalties that could be imposed for
             trafficking in child pornography if a computer was used
             in the transmission of the material or the transmission
             of an advertisement for the material by a minimum of one
             year incarceration; and increase the penalties that could
             be imposed on first-time offenders for interstate
             transportation of a minor for the purpose of causing the
             minor to engage in prostitution or a criminal sexual act
             by a minimum of one year incarceration, to at least 30-37
             months. Amend the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
             Organizations Act list of predicate acts to include
             obscenity crimes enacted in 1988. Require the Sentencing
             Commission to conduct a study and report to Congress
             within 180 days of enactment on possible remedies for
             repeat violators and on recommendations for sentencing
             guidelines. Correct an erroneous cross-reference to the
             U.S. Code. As amended in the nature of a substitute.
             Reported favorably  by voice vote March 22, 1995.

03/22/95 Ordered to be reported by the House Judiciary Committee
         with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (CR p.
         D395) (WR pp. 850, 876)

03/28/95 Reported to the House with an amendment in the nature of
         a substitute by the House Committee on the Judiciary HRpt
         104-90 (CR p. H3878)

03/28/95 Placed on the Union Calendar by unanimous consent.
         (Calendar No. 43) (CR p. H3878) (WR p. 907)
. 04/04/95 SCHIFF, R-N.M., motion to suspend the rules and pass the
         bill, as amended. (CR p. H4122-H4125)

04/04/95 Measure, as amended, passed in House by yea-nay vote:
         417-0, under suspension of the rules (two-thirds vote
         required). (see CR p.H4125) (House Vote 283) (CR p.
         H4122-H4125)

04/04/95     MINGE, D-Minn., House speech: Personal explanation of
             roll call vote no. 283. (CR p. H4125)

04/04/95     KENNELLY, D-Conn., House speech: Personal explanation
             of roll call vote no. 283. (CR p. H4125)

04/04/95     ROSE, D-N.C., House speech: Personal explanation of
             roll call vote no. 283. (CR p. H4125)

04/05/95 Received in the Senate.

04/06/95     THOMPSON, R-Tenn. (for GRASSLEY, R-Iowa) amendment
             introduced in Senate: number 595 (text) (CR p.
             S5509-S5510)

04/06/95 Considered and amended by the Senate. (CR p. S5519-S5520)

04/06/95     THOMPSON, R-Tenn. (for GRASSLEY, R-Iowa, and HATCH,
             R-Utah), substitute amendment no. 595, agreed to by
             unanimous consent. (see CR p.S5520) (CR p. S5519-S5520)

04/06/95 Measure, as amended, passed Senate by unanimous consent.
         (CR p. S5520) (WR pp. 995, 1030)



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MEASURE:         HR11

SPONSOR:         Vucanovich (R-NV)

BRIEF TITLE:     Family Reinforcement Act.

OFFICIAL TITLE:  A bill to strengthen the rights of parents.

QUICK REFERENCE: "Contract With America": Family reinforcement

INTRODUCED:      01/04/95

COSPONSORS:      135 (Dems: 1  Reps: 134  Ind: 0)

COMMITTEES:      House Ways and Means
                 House Judiciary
                 House Government Reform and Oversight

RELATED BILLS:   See HR1215, HR1240, HR1271

CQ BILLWATCH BRIEF: HR11, introduced by Rep. Barbara F. Vucanovich, R-
Nev., would increase penalties for child pornography and criminal
sexual conduct involving children; grant a $500 tax credit to families
that care for an elderly parent or grandparent; grant a $5,000 tax
credit to families that adopt a child; and strengthen child support
enforcement laws.
   The bill, a plank of the House GOP "Contract With America," would
stiffen federal prison sentences for sexual offenses against children,
including minors in federal custody.  Under the proposal, the minimum
sentences would be increased to three years; they are now set at one to
three years. For child prostitution offenses, mandatory minimum
sentences would be set at three years; current law provides a maximum
sentence of 10 years, but no minimum. It would also ensure that an
increase in the age of the victimized child will not result in lighter
punishment.
   Today, computers with their enhanced graphics and rapid communication
increasingly are being used by pornographers. The bill would increase
federal sentencing guidelines by two levels for the use of a computer in
the shipment of pornography.
   HR11 would provide a $500 refundable tax credit for individuals who
care for a parent or grandparent at home. The bill would also establish
a refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 for adoption expenses such as
adoption fees, court costs and attorneys' fees. The tax credit would be
phased out for incomes beginning at $60,000.
   The bill would also strengthen child support enforcement laws. The
measure would encourage the development of uniform national child-
support court orders. A uniform document would help government agencies
to track parents who move across state lines while owing child support
payments.  Under current law, enforcement is hampered by inconsistency
from state to state.

CQ BILLWATCH INSIGHT: HR11's provisions have been distributed among
multiple bills; no action has been scheduled on HR11 itself.
   The tax provisions of HR11 passed the House on April 5, 1995, as part
of HR1215, which included all the tax-related proposals in the "Contract
With America." The provisions dealing with sex crimes against minors
passed the House on April 4 as HR1240. The family privacy provisions
passed as HR1271 on April 4. The child support provisions passed March
24 as part of HR4, the contract's welfare overhaul bill.
   The forecast for the tax-credit provisions is uncertain in the
Senate, with Republicans split on whether to cut taxes at all and most
Democrats warming to the idea of a middle-class tax cut along the lines
proposed by President Clinton. The measures on sex crimes against minors
and family privacy have wide support.

SHORT TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
  Family Reinforcement Act

CRS DIGEST:
  TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  Title I: Adoption Assistance

  Title II: Eldercare Assistance

  Title III: Child Protection

  Title IV: Family Privacy Protection

  Title V: Child Support Enforcement

  Family Reinforcement Act

  *Title I: Adoption Assistance - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to
allow an income tax credit for up to $5,000 of qualified
adoptionexpenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable
year. Sets forth a formula for reduction of such credit for taxpayers
whose adjusted gross income exceeds $60,000. Denies such a credit for
any expense for which a deduction or credit is allowable under another
Code provision.

  (Sec. 101) Defines "qualified adoption expenses" as reasonable and
necessary adoption fees, court costs, attorney's fees, and other lawful
expenses directly related to legal adoption of a child, but not any
expenses paid from any funds received under a Federal, State, or local
program. Disqualifies for such a credit any expenses in connection with
the adoption of a child of the taxpayer's spouse.

  *Title II: Eldercare Assistance - Allows an individual taxpayer an
income tax credit of $500 for each member of the household maintained
by the taxpayer who: (1) is the taxpayer's, or taxpayer's spouse's,
parent or stepparent; (2) is certified by a physician as unable to
perform (without substantial assistance from another individual) at
least two activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, toileting,
transferring in and out of a bed or chair, and eating), or has a
similar level of disability due to cognitive impairment; and (3) has
the taxpayer's home as his or her principal place of abode for more
than half the taxable year.

  *Title III: Child Protection - Directs the United States Sentencing
Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines with respect to the
sexual exploitation and abuse of children to increase the offense level
by two levels if a computer was used in the transportation or shipment
of a visual depiction of the child.

  (Sec. 302) Establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of three years
for transporting an individual under 18 years of age for prostitution
purposes.

  (Sec. 303) Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend
the sentencing guidelines with respect to the transporting of an
individual under 18 years of age for prostitution purposes. Requires
such guidelines to assure that an increase in the age of the child who
is the victim of the offense does not result in a lighter punishment.

  (Sec. 304) Requires: (1) a minimum three-year imprisonment for sexual
abuse of a minor; and (2) a minimum three-year to maximum 15- year
imprisonment for sexual abuse of a ward.

  *Title IV: Family Privacy Protection - Declares that no program or
activity funded wholly or partially by any Federal department or agency
shall require a minor to submit without written parental or guardian
consent (or, if the minor is emancipated, without the minor's own prior
consent) to a survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals information
concerning: (1) parental political affiliations; (2) potentially
embarrassing mental or psychological problems; (3) sexual behavior or
attitudes; (4) illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning
behavior; (5) appraisals of other individuals with whom the minor has a
familial relationship; (6) relationships legally recognized as
privileged, such as those with lawyers, physicians, and clergy; (7) the
minor's household income (except as required by law to determine
eligibility for participation in a program or for receipt of program
financial assistance); or (8) religious beliefs. Exempts from this
prohibition tests intended to measure academic performance, except as
they would require information listed in (1) through (6). Prescribes
agency notice requirements.

  *Title V: Child Support Enforcement - Amends the Federal judicial
code to require the appropriate authorities of every State to enforce
child support orders of another State without modification.

  (Sec. 502) Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of
Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a
specified designee of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
develop, in conjunction with State executive and judicial organizations,
a uniform abstract of a child support order, for use by all State
courts to record specified terms in each child support order.

  (Sec. 503) Directs States to enact procedures subjecting noncustodial
parents with certain child support arrearages with respect to a child
receiving Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) to civil
penalties and job search and work program participation requirements
until such arrearages are reduced by a specified percentage.
  Welfare recipients

LEGISLATIVE ACTION:

01/04/95 Referred to Committee on Government Reform and Oversight,
         Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Ways and Means
         (CR p. H161)

01/04/95 Titles I-II, referred to the Committee on Ways & Means.
         (CR p. H161)

01/04/95 Title III, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
         (CR p. H161)

01/04/95 Title IV, referred to the Committee on Government Reform
         and Oversight. (CR p. H161)

01/04/95 Title V, referred to the Committee on Ways & Means, and
         in addition to the Commitee on the Judiciary for a period
         to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
         case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
         the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (CR p. H161)
         (WR p. 20)

01/04/95 Original Cosponsor(s): 117
  Allard (R-CO)             Forbes (R-NY)             Miller, D. (R-FL)
  Armey (R-TX)              Fowler (R-FL)             Molinari (R-NY)
  Bachus, S. (R-AL)         Fox (R-PA)                Myrick (R-NC)
  Baker, B. (R-CA)          Frisa (R-NY)              Nussle (R-IA)
  Baker, R. (R-LA)          Ganske (R-IA)             Packard (R-CA)
  Ballenger (R-NC)          Gilchrest (R-MD)          Paxon (R-NY)
  Barr, B. (R-GA)           Gilman (R-NY)             Radanovich (R-CA)
  Bartlett, R. (R-MD)       Goodlatte, R. (R-VA)      Riggs (R-CA)
  Barton, J. (R-TX)         Goodling, B. (R-PA)       Rohrabacher (R-CA)

  Bilirakis (R-FL)          Greenwood, J. (R-PA)      Roth (R-WI)
  Bliley (R-VA)             Gunderson (R-WI)          Roukema (R-NJ)
  Blute (R-MA)              Hancock (R-MO)            Royce (R-CA)
  Bono (R-CA)               Hastert (R-IL)            Saxton (R-NJ)
  Bunning, J. (R-KY)        Hastings, D. (R-WA)       Schaefer (R-CO)
  Burr (R-NC)               Hayworth (R-AZ)           Sensenbrenner (R-
WI)
  Callahan (R-AL)           Heineman (R-NC)           Shadegg (R-AZ)
  Calvert (R-CA)            Herger (R-CA)             Shaw (R-FL)
  Camp (R-MI)               Hilleary (R-TN)           Shays (R-CT)
  Canady (R-FL)             Hoke (R-OH)               Smith, C. (R-NJ)
  Christensen (R-NE)        Hostettler (R-IN)         Smith, Lamar (R-
TX)
  Chrysler (R-MI)           Hutchinson, T. (R-AR)     Smith, Nick (R-MI)

  Coble (R-NC)              Inglis, B. (R-SC)         Solomon (R-NY)
  Coburn (R-OK)             Istook (R-OK)             Stearns (R-FL)
  Cooley (R-OR)             Johnson, N. (R-CT)        Stockman (R-TX)
  Crane (R-IL)              Jones (R-NC)              Stump (R-AZ)
  Crapo (R-ID)              Kim (R-CA)                Talent (R-MO)
  Cremeans (R-OH)           Kingston, J. (R-GA)       Tate (R-WA)
  Cubin (R-WY)              Knollenberg (R-MI)        Taylor, C. (R-NC)
  Cunningham (R-CA)         Largent (R-OK)            Thomas, B. (R-CA)
  Doolittle (R-CA)          Latham (R-IA)             Thornberry (R-TX)
  Dornan, R. (R-CA)         LaTourette (R-OH)         Tiahrt (R-KS)
  Dunn (R-WA)               Lewis, R. (R-KY)          Waldholtz (R-UT)
  Ehrlich (R-MD)            Lightfoot (R-IA)          Wamp (R-TN)
  Emerson (R-MO)            Linder (R-GA)             Weldon, C. (R-PA)
  English, P. (R-PA)        McCollum (R-FL)           Weldon, D. (R-FL)
  Ensign (R-NV)             McHugh (R-NY)             Weller (R-IL)
  Everett (R-AL)            McIntosh (R-IN)           Wicker (R-MS)
  Ewing (R-IL)              Meyers (R-KS)             Young, C. (R-FL)
  Flanagan (R-IL)           Mica (R-FL)               Zimmer (R-NJ)

01/10/95 Committee hearings held by the House Ways & Means
         Committee. (WR p. 194)

01/11/95 Committee hearings held by the House Ways & Means
         Committee.

01/11/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 4
  Burton, D. (R-IN)         Norwood (R-GA)
  Livingston (R-LA)         Walker (R-PA)

01/12/95 Committee hearings held by the House Ways & Means
         Committee.

01/13/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 5
  Collins, M. (R-GA)        Johnson, Sam (R-TX)       Skeen (R-NM)
  Cox (R-CA)                Seastrand (R-CA)

01/17/95 Committee hearings held by the House Ways & Means
         Committee.

01/18/95 Committee hearings held by the House Ways & Means
         Committee.

01/19/95 Committee hearings held by the House Ways & Means
         Committee. (WR p. 264)

01/24/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 5
  DeLay (R-TX)              Peterson, C. (D-MN)       Salmon (R-AZ)
  Dreier (R-CA)             Pombo (R-CA)

01/31/95 Subcommittee hearings held by the House Economic &
         Educational Opportunities Committee, Subcommittee on
         Early Childhood, Youth and Families. (CR p. D117)

01/31/95 Committee hearings held by the House Ways & Means
         Committee. (CR p. D118)

02/01/95 Committee hearings completed by the House Ways & Means
         Committee. (CR p. D125) (WR pp. 336, 583)

02/01/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 3
  Brownback (R-KS)          Fields, J. (R-TX)         McKeon (R-CA)

02/08/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 1
  Souder (R-IN)

03/14/95 Some provisions of this measure are included in HR1215,
         the Contract with America Tax Relief Act.

03/15/95 Revised provisions of this measure are included in
         HR1240. (WR p. 822)

03/16/95 Subcommittee hearings held by the House Government Reform
         & Oversight Committee, Subcommittee on Government
         Management, Information and Technology. (CR p. D367)

03/21/95 Some provisions of this measure regarding privacy rights
         are included in HR1271. See that measure for further
         action.

03/22/95 Subcommittee consideration and markup held by the House
         Government Reform & Oversight Committee, Subcommittee on
         Government Management, Information, and Technology. (CR
         p. D395)

03/22/95     **  SUBCOMMITTEE VOTE ** HR11. Family Reinforcement Act
             (Title IV)/Confidentiality of Information. Maloney,
             D-N.Y., amendment to the pending Horn, R-Calif., and
             Clinger, R-Pa., substitute amendment to add language
             protecting the confidentiality of information collected.
             Adopted by voice vote March 22, 1995.

03/22/95     **  SUBCOMMITTEE VOTE ** HR11. Family Reinforcement Act
             (Title IV)/Advance Notice. Tate, R-Wash., amendment to
             the pending Horn, R-Calif., and Clinger, R-Pa.,
             substitute amendment to add language requiring that a
             federal agency give advance notice before distributing a
             survey or questionnaire to a minor that includes
             questions on sensitive subjects. Adopted  by voice vote
             March 22, 1995.

03/22/95     **  SUBCOMMITTEE VOTE ** HR11. Family Reinforcement Act
             (Title IV)/Substitute Amendment. Horn, R-Calif., and
             Clinger, R-Pa., substitute amendment to replace "analysis
             or evaluation" with "questionnaire"; add language to
             allow states to decide who is a minor; add exemptions for
             law enforcement personnel and inquiries made in good
             faith about the health or safety of children; and enlarge
             the application of consent requirements from just
             educational programs, to surveys and questionnaires used
             in programs and activities funded or assisted by any
             federal department or agency. As amended. Adopted  by
             voice vote March 22, 1995.

03/22/95     **  SUBCOMMITTEE VOTE ** HR11. Family Reinforcement Act
             (Title IV)/Vote to Report. Prohibit surveys and
             questionnaires for federal programs from seeking
             information about minors or their families without
             parental approval. Provide an exception for information
             sought for criminal investigations or for the health,
             safety or welfare of a minor. As amended in the nature of
             a substitute. Reported favorably  by voice vote March 22,
             1995.

03/22/95 Approved for full committee action with an amendment in
         the nature of a substitute by the House Government Reform
         & Oversight Committee, Subcommittee on Government
         Management, Information, and Technology. (CR p. D395) (WR
         pp. 876, 877, 995, 1030)


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MEASURE:         S705

SPONSOR:         Hatch (R-UT)

BRIEF TITLE:     Sex Crimes Against Children Prevention Act of 1995.

OFFICIAL TITLE:  A bill to combat crime by enhancing the penalties for
                 certain sex crimes against children.

INTRODUCED:      04/06/95

COSPONSORS:      2 (Dems: 0  Reps: 2  Ind: 0)

COMMITTEES:      Senate Judiciary

SHORT TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
  Sex Crimes Against Children Prevention Act of 1995

CRS DIGEST:
  Sex Crimes Against Children Prevention Act of 1995 - Directs the
United States Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines
to increase the base offense level: (1) by at least two levels for
offenses involving the creation of, or trafficking in, child
pornography; (2) by at least two levels if a computer was used to
traffick in, or advertise, child pornography; and (3) by at least three
levels for an offense involving the interstate transportation of
children with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

  Requires the Commission to submit a report to the Congress concerning
offenses involving child pornography and other sex offenses against
children, including: (1) an analysis of the sentences imposed for
specified offenses involving children and recommendations regarding
modifications to the sentencing guidelines; (2) a survey of the
recidivism rate for offenders convicted of committing sex crimes
against children, an analysis of the impact on recidivism of sexual
abuse treatment provided during or after incarceration, or both, and an
analysis of whether increased penalties would reduce recidivism; and
(3) such other recommendations as the Commission deems appropriate.

LEGISLATIVE ACTION:

04/06/95 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary (CR p. S5404)

04/06/95 Original cosponsor(s): 2
  Grassley (R-IA)           Thurmond, S. (R-SC)


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MEASURE:         S714

SPONSOR:         Leahy (D-VT)

OFFICIAL TITLE:  A bill to require the attorney general to study and
                 report to Congress on means of controlling the flow of
                 violent, sexually explicit, harassing, offensive, or
                 otherwise unwanted material in interactive
                 telecommunications systems.

INTRODUCED:      04/07/95

COSPONSORS:      3 (Dems: 3  Reps: 0  Ind: 0)

COMMITTEES:      Senate Judiciary

CRS DIGEST:
  Requires the Attorney General to complete a study and submit to the
House and Senate Judiciary Committees a report containing: (1) an
evaluation of whether current criminal laws governing the distribution
of obscenity over computer networks and the creation and distribution
of child pornography by means of computers are fully enforceable in
interactive media; (2) an assessment of the Federal, State, and local
law enforcement resources that are currently available to enforce those
laws; (3) an evaluation of the technical means available to enable
parents to exercise control over the information their children receive,
to enable other users to exercise control over the information they
receive over interactive telecommunications systems, and to promote the
free flow of information consistent with constitutional values in
interactive media; and (4) recommendations to encourage the development
and deployment of such technical means of control.


LEGISLATIVE ACTION:

04/07/95 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary (Text of bill
         appears on pg. S5548 of the April 7, 1995, Congressional
         Record) (CR p. S5547)

04/07/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., Senate speech: Introduces the Child
             Protection, User Empowerment, and Free Expression in
             Interactive Media Study Act. (Text of bill) (CR p.
             S5548)

04/07/95 Original cosponsor(s): 2
  Kerrey, R. (D-NE)         Kohl (D-WI)

05/25/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 1
  Moseley-Braun (D-IL)

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MEASURE:         S314

SPONSOR:         Exon (D-NE)

BRIEF TITLE:     Communications Decency Act of 1995.

OFFICIAL TITLE:  A bill to protect the public from the misuse of the
                 telecommunications network and telecommunications
devices
                 and facilities.

QUICK REFERENCE: Prohibit indecent material on the Internet, ban from
                 minors

INTRODUCED:      02/01/95

COSPONSORS:      1 (Dems: 0  Reps: 1  Ind: 0)

COMMITTEES:      Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation

RELATED BILLS:   See S652, HR1004

CQ BILLWATCH BRIEF: S314, introduced by Sen. Jim Exon, D-Neb., would
amend the 1934 Communications Act to require electronic communications
networks such as the Internet to meet the same standards of decency
that the federal government applies to the telephone.
   Joined by Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., Exon introduced a similar bill
in the 103rd Congress. It was attached to a telecommunications-overhaul
bill by Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., but the bill died late in the
session.
   S314 would expand on a 26-year prohibition against unwanted
interstate telephone calls that are harassing or obscene, applying it to
faxes, electronic mail or any other form of telecommunication that
crosses state lines. The penalties for violating the prohibition would
be significantly strengthened. The maximum fines would jump from $10,000
to $100,000 and the maximum prison term would quadruple to two years.
   The bill would also extend to all manner of telecommunications the
restrictions on "dial-a-porn" that were pushed through by Sen. Jesse
Helms, R-N.C., in 1988. Commercial services could provide indecent
material only to adults upon their request. The material would have to
be blocked so that it would not be available to minors, although the
bill does not specify how.
   Another part of the bill would require cable television companies to
scramble or block both the audio and video of programs not suitable for
children so that non-subscribers would not receive any portion of them.
   S314 would also close a loophole in a 1992 law that has allowed pay-
per-call telephone services, such as telephone sex lines, to be reached
through toll-free numbers. This loophole has allowed callers to
maneuver around the automatic blocking mechanisms that parents,
churches, colleges and other phone subscribers have employed against
pay-per-call services.
   The bill would also allow cable-television systems to reject programs
on public-access channels that contain obscenity, indecency or nudity.
   Exon's proposal has drawn protests from telecommunications
executives, civil libertarians and computer advocates who say that it is
impractical and possibly unconstitutional. These opponents argue that
the Exon approach ignores how different the Internet is from the
telephone networks. It is next to impossible to screen what gets posted
every day to electronic bulletin boards, but it is relatively easy for
parents to keep their children away from boards that might contain adult
material, they say.
   In addition, online services, which operate computer "bulletin
boards" and electronic mail boards, say the bill would force them to
police their own subscribers. Some anti-pornography activists counter
that someone needs to police the unregulated world of "cyberspace,"
because explicit adult material is getting into the hands of minors.
   During a March 23 Senate Commerce Committee markup of S652 -- the
leading bill to overhaul the telecommunications industry -- the
committee adopted an Exon amendment similar to S314. The amendment
differs in that phone companies and information service providers would
not be liable for indecent material if they are not "knowing
participants" in the making of its content. In other words, it would not
require them to act as censors.

CQ BILLWATCH INSIGHT: No action has been scheduled on S314, which was
referred to the Senate Commerce Committee.
   It appears unlikely that the Commerce Committee will act on S314,
since language similar to it has been incorporated into the leading
Senate telecommunications overhaul measure, S652.

SHORT TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
  Communications Decency Act of 1995

CRS DIGEST:
  Communications Decency Act of 1995 - Amends the Communications Act of
1934 to prohibit the use of any telecommunications device (currently,
only the telephone) by a person not disclosing his or her identity in
order to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person who receives such
communication. Prohibits the repeated use of a telecommunications
device solely for harassment purposes. Prohibits a person from allowing
the use of any telecommunications facility (currently, telephone
facility) in his or her control for such purposes. Increases: (1) the
fine and maximum sentence for such violations; and (2) the fine for the
transmission over a cable system of obscene or otherwise unprotected
material.

  (Sec. 4) Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) increase the fine
for broadcasting obscene, indecent, or profane language over the radio;
and (2) include digital communications in a prohibition against the
interception and disclosure of various forms of communications.

  (Sec. 6) Prohibits a person making a toll-free telephone call from
being assessed a charge for the call by being asked to connect or
otherwise transfer to a pay-per-call service.

  (Sec. 7) Requires a cable operator, in providing video programming
unsuitable for children to any subscriber through a cable system, to
fully scramble or otherwise block the video and audio portion of each
channel carrying such programming to ensure that one not a subscriber
to such programming does not receive it.

  (Sec. 8) Allows a cable operator to refuse to transmit any portion of
a public access program or leased access program which contains
obscenity, indecency, or nudity.


CRS SIMILAR BILLS:
  HR1004

LEGISLATIVE ACTION:

02/01/95 Referred to Committee on Commerce, Science and
         Transportation (CR p. S1920) (WR pp. 802, 803, 866)

02/01/95     EXON, D-Neb., Senate speech: Introduces the
             Communications Decency Act. (Washington Post) (CR p.
             S1953-S1954)

02/01/95 Original cosponsor(s): 1
  Gorton, S. (R-WA)

02/21/95 *** Related measure (HR1004) introduced in House. ***

03/23/95 Provisions similar to this measure are included in S652,
         as ordered reported.


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MEASURE:         HR121

SPONSOR:         Burton (R-IN)

OFFICIAL TITLE:  A bill to amend title 18, U.S. Code, to specify the use
                 of computers in or affecting commerce as a basis for
                 federal prosecution of certain obscenity offenses.

INTRODUCED:      01/04/95

COSPONSORS:      0 (Dems: 0  Reps: 0  Ind: 0)

COMMITTEES:      House Judiciary

CRS DIGEST:
  Amends the Federal criminal code to make the use of computers in or
affecting interstate or foreign commerce a basis for Federal
prosecution of certain obscenity offenses.

LEGISLATIVE ACTION:

01/04/95 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary (CR p. H167)


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MEASURE:         HR112

SPONSOR:         Mfume (D-MD)

BRIEF TITLE:     Electronic Anti-Stalking Act of 1995.

OFFICIAL TITLE:  A bill to amend section 223 of the Communications Act of
                 1934 to prevent the harassment by computer modem or
                 other electronic device.

INTRODUCED:      01/04/95

COSPONSORS:      10 (Dems: 8  Reps: 2  Ind: 0)

COMMITTEES:      House Commerce

SHORT TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
  Electronic Anti-Stalking Act of 1995

CRS DIGEST:
  Electronic Anti-Stalking Act of 1995 - Amends the Communications Act
of 1934 to define "telephone" and "telephone call" to include
communications by means of computer modem or any other two-way wire or
radio telecommunications device for purposes of the prohibition on
obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in
interstate or foreign communications.

LEGISLATIVE ACTION:

01/04/95 Referred to Committee on Commerce (CR p. H166)

01/31/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 1
  Wynn (D-MD)

02/08/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 4
  Ackerman (D-NY)           Ney (R-OH)
  Cooley (R-OR)             Slaughter (D-NY)

03/24/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 5
  Clayton, E. (D-NC)        Lowey (D-NY)              Skelton (D-MO)
  Hilliard (D-AL)           Rivers (D-MI)

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MEASURE:         S892

SPONSOR:         Grassley (R-IA)

BRIEF TITLE:     Protection of Children From Computer Pornography Act
                 of 1995.

OFFICIAL TITLE:  A bill to amend section 1464 of title 18, U.S. Code, to

                 punish transmission by computer of indecent material to

                 minors.

INTRODUCED:      06/07/95

COSPONSORS:      5 (Dems: 0  Reps: 5  Ind: 0)

COMMITTEES:      Senate Judiciary

LEGISLATIVE ACTION:

06/07/95 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary (Text of bill
         appears on pgs. S7922-S7923 of the June 7, 1995,
         Congressional Record) (CR p. S7918)

06/07/95     GRASSLEY, R-Iowa, Senate speech: Introduces the
             Protection of Children from Computer Pornography Act of
             1995. (Text of bill) (CR p. S7922-S7923)

06/07/95 Original cosponsor(s): 5
  Coats (R-IN)              McConnell (R-KY)          Shelby (R-AL)
  Dole (R-KS)               Nickles (R-OK)

06/09/95     DOLE, R-Kan., Senate speech: Supports the Protection of
             Children from Computer Pornography Act. (CR p. S8084)



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MEASURE:         S694

SPONSOR:         Kyl (R-AZ)

BRIEF TITLE:     Sexual Violence Prevention and Victim's Rights Act of
                 1995.

OFFICIAL TITLE:  A bill to prevent and punish crimes of sexual and
                 domestic violence, to strengthen the rights of crime
                 victims, and for other purposes.

INTRODUCED:      04/06/95

COSPONSORS:      2 (Dems: 0  Reps: 2  Ind: 0)

COMMITTEES:      Senate Judiciary

SHORT TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
  Sexual Violence Prevention and Victim's Rights Act of 1995

CRS DIGEST:
  TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  Title I: Equal Protection for Victims

  Title II: Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence, and Offenses

  Against the Family

  Sexual Violence Prevention and Victim's Rights Act of 1995

  *Title I: Equal Protection for Victims - Amends the Federal criminal
code to require (current law authorizes) the court to order restitution
of the victim when a convicted defendant is being sentenced for
specified offenses.

  Authorizes a court to order restitution of any person who was harmed
physically, emotionally, or pecuniarily by unlawful conduct of the
defendant during the offense or during the course of a scheme,
conspiracy, or pattern of unlawful activity related to the offense.

  Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) consideration of the offender's
financial assets and obligations; (2) the form of payments; (3)
situations involving multiple offenders or victims; (4) compensation
for losses from insurance or other sources; (5) setoffs against amounts
later recovered as compensatory damages; and (6) enforcement of
restitution orders.

  Amends: (1) rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to
entitle each side to six peremptory challenges if the offense charged
is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year; (2) rule 32
regarding the victim's right of allocution in sentencing; and (3) rule
404 of the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) regarding rebuttal of
attacks on the victim's character.

  Enacts Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers in Federal Practice.


  Amends the Federal criminal code to repeal a requirement that notice
of release of prisoners be used solely for law enforcement purposes.
Amends the Federal judicial code regarding the balance in the
composition of rules committees.

  *Title II: Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence, and Offenses Against
the Family - Repeals specified provisions of the Violent Crime Control
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (VCCLEA) with respect to evidence of
similar acts in civil cases concerning sexual assault or child
molestation. Provides that the amendments not repealed (making such
evidence admissible under certain circumstances) shall take effect on
the date of this Act's enactment.

  Requires: (1) the testing of defendants for the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) in sexual assault cases, with exceptions, with disclosure
of the results to the court, the victim, the attorney for the
Government, and the person tested; and (2) the U.S. Sentencing
Commission to amend existing guidelines for sex crime offenses to
enhance the sentence if the offender knew that he was infected with HIV,
with exceptions.

  Revises the VCCLEA to authorize the Government (currently, limited to
the victim) to obtain an order requiring that the defendant be tested
for the presence of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency
syndrome and that the results be communicated to the victim's parent or
legal guardian, as appropriate (currently, limited to the victim and
the defendant). Revises requirements to be met by the victim to obtain
an order for such test.

  Amends FRE: (1) 404 regarding evidence of the defendant's disposition
towards the victim in domestic violence and other cases; and (2) 702
regarding battered women's syndrome evidence.

  Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for the death penalty for
fatal domestic violence offenses.


LEGISLATIVE ACTION:

04/06/95 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary (CR p. S5404)

04/06/95     KYL, R-Ariz., Senate speech: Introduces the Sexual
             Violence Prevention and Victims Rights Act. (CR p.
             S5427)

05/03/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 1
  DeWine (R-OH)

05/19/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 1
  Simpson (R-WY)

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MEASURE:         S652

SPONSOR:         Pressler (R-SD)

BRIEF TITLE:     Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of
                 1995.

OFFICIAL TITLE:  An original bill to provide for a procompetitive,
                 deregulatory national policy framework designed to
                 accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced
                 telecommunications and information technologies and
                 services to all Americans by opening all
                 telecommunications markets to competition, and for other
                 purposes.

QUICK REFERENCE: Overhaul of telecommunications laws

INTRODUCED:      03/30/95

COSPONSORS:      0 (Dems: 0  Reps: 0  Ind: 0)

COMMITTEES:      Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation

RELATED BILLS:   See S314, S332, S664

CQ BILLWATCH BRIEF: S652, introduced by Senate Commerce Committee
Chairman Larry Pressler, R-S.D., on March 30, 1995, would rewrite the
nation's telecommunications laws, which have not been overhauled since
the 1934 Communications Act.
   The general idea behind the legislation is to shift the
telecommunications markets gradually from an era of regulated monopolies
to an era of free and open competition.
   A similar bill passed the House in 1994 but stalled in the Senate
when three Republican senators -- John McCain of Arizona, Bob Packwood
of Oregon and then-Minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas -- threatened to
filibuster the measure, unless it was made less regulatory. Rejecting
their proposals, then-Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest F. Hollings,
D-S.C., pulled the plug on the committee-approved bill instead of
continuing to negotiate with the bill's opponents.
   Reflecting the new deregulatory Republican majority in Congress, S652
is less regulatory than the 1994 bill. The federal government would make
fewer rules, and even more rules would vanish once competition takes
hold. Still, the bill would actually impose more regulations than it
would eliminate and would use them to promote and police the shift from
monopolies to competitive telecommunications markets.
   Pressler's bill would set new rules to pry open the local telephone
monopolies to competition. The dominant local telephone company would
have to negotiate with would-be competitors -- that could include cable,
wireless and satellite companies -- over which of its facilities to
share and at what price, in keeping with federal minimum standards. If
the negotiations did not bear fruit within 160 days, the state or the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would step in to arbitrate.
States or the FCC would be able to waive the requirement for small,
rural telephone companies. Failure to comply with the network-sharing
requirements could result in penalties of $1 million per day, with a
one-time penalty of $500 million for repeated, knowing and unjustifiable
violations.
   Once signs of local telephone competition were evident, the bill
would permit the FCC to reduce its requirements on companies that
provide local telephone service. The regulatory burden would also be
lifted if the FCC determined that removing the rules would be in the
public interest.
   The FCC, advised by a joint board of state and federal regulators,
would be directed under the bill to issue rules within one year to
promote the availability of affordable basic phone service for all -- a
policy known as universal service. All telecommunications carriers would
have to contribute to cover the cost of universal service subsidies, and
only those carriers that agreed to provide services to all customers in
an area would be eligible for those subsidies. This provision is
intended to ensure that rural residents continue to receive telephone
service when the monopolies, which have had a legal obligation to
provide service to everyone in a specific area, are replaced by numerous
carriers.
   Other provisions of the bill would allow the regional Bell telephone
companies to enter lines of business that the courts and Congress have
kept off-limits. It would impose many regulations on the Bells in order
to prevent them from parlaying their dominance over long distance, cable
television and other services.
      The Bells could offer long-distance service if the FCC ruled it to
be in the public interest and the companies complied with a checklist
designed to promote competition in their own local telephone markets.
The Bells could offer long distance immediately in areas where they are
not the dominant local phone company.
   In addition to the Bells' meeting a number of requirements before
gaining access to the long-distance market, the 1994 bill also would
have required the Bells to win the approval of the Justice Department.
This provision was not included in S652, but it is strongly supported by
the Clinton administration. Administration officials have said that the
president will not support the bill unless the provision is reinstated.
    As soon as the Bells gained entry into the long-distance market,
they could begin manufacturing telecommunications equipment through a
separate subsidiary. They would also be allowed to provide alarm
monitoring services three years after being authorized to enter the
long-distance market.
   Also, once the Bells are able to offer long distance, long-distance
companies would be able to sell a package of local and long-distance
calling services that used a Bell's local wires until that Bell had
gained entry to the long-distance market.
    In what will likely be a contentious issue in Senate debate on the
measure, the bill would maintain existing price controls for cable
television while removing them for other programs as long as the rates
were not substantially above the national average. All price regulations
would be lifted for a cable operator as soon as a telephone company
started providing video in that market.
   The Clinton administration opposes this provision. Officials argue
that the price controls should not be reduced or removed since it would
result in the increase of phone and cable bills.
   To further expand the telecommunications market, telephone companies
would be able to enter the cable television market and cable companies
would be able to offer phone services.
   During the Senate Commerce Committee markup of S652 on March 23,
several amendments were adopted that changed the original bill
significantly. An amendment by Jim Exon, D-Neb., and Slade Gorton, R-
Wash., would extend the prohibitions against obscene and indecent
telephone calls to electronic communications, such as electronic mail.
Similar to an Exon bill (S314) introduced earlier in the year, the
amendment has drawn fierce opposition from a coalition of electronic
information services, computer manufacturers and users, civil
libertarians, phone companies and other communications companies. Exon
altered his proposal to address some criticisms from the phone companies
and information services, who argued that the original proposal would
have required them to act as censors. The committee adopted the
amendment by voice vote.
   Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, and John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va.,
sponsored an amendment that would ensure that schools, non-profit
hospitals and libraries have access to the so-called information
superhighway. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 10-8.
   Despite committee approval of the amendment, it is a controversial
issue that is opposed by many Senate Republicans and telephone
lobbyists. They argue that requiring companies to provide discounted
service to underserved areas and schools would burden the industry and
increase the costs of the services.
   In addition, the bill, as approved by the Senate Commerce Committee,
would:
   -- Lift limits on foreign ownership of U.S. telephone companies;
   -- Allow power companies to offer telephone service;
   -- End state regulation of telephone company profits;
   -- Protect information about a customer's calling records;
   -- Require telecommunications equipment and services to be accessible
to the disabled; and
   -- Provide regulatory relief to broadcasters.

CQ BILLWATCH INSIGHT: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Committee approved S652, 17-2, on March 23, 1995. The two dissenting
votes were cast by Bob Packwood, R-Ore., and John McCain, R-Ariz., who
argued that the bill was too regulatory.
   The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and
Competition held a hearing on antitrust provisions of the bill on May 3.

   Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., has said that he wants to
bring the bill to the floor the week of June 5. Dole told Pressler over
lunch on May 22 that he hopes the bill can be passed in three days.
   McCain and Packwood have been working with Sen. Larry E. Craig, R-
Idaho, on a group of amendments to make the bill more deregulatory. The
proposals may include ones to limit the FCC's power to deny the Bells'
entry into long distance, reduce regulation of local phone companies,
allow broadcasters to own more stations and lift price controls on
small cable operators.
   On the other side, Democrats Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, Bob Kerrey
of Nebraska, Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut and Byron L. Dorgan of
North Dakota were readying amendments to restore some government
oversight of the cable, broadcast and telephone industries. Their goal
was to preserve price controls and restrictions on ownership, while
carving out a larger role for the Justice Department.
   Aides say a key question will be how hard Dole pushes for a more
deregulatory bill. If Republicans go too far in that direction, they
will lose the support of Hollings and other Democrats. That, in turn,
will give the White House more credibility in threatening a veto and
more clout in the final negotiations.
   Meanwhile, the House Commerce Committee approved its leading
telecommunications bill (HR1555) by a vote of 38-5 on May 25. The bill
next goes to the Judiciary Committee, which already has approved its own
telecommunications measure (HR1528).

SHORT TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
  Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1995
  Communications Decency Act of 1995

CRS DIGEST:
  TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  Title I: Transition to Competition

  Title II: Removal of Restrictions to Competition

  Subtitle A: Removal of Restrictions

  Subtitle B: Termination of Modification of Final

  Judgement

  Title III: An End to Regulation

  Title IV: Obscene, Harassing, and Wrongful Utilization of

  Telecommunications Facilities

  Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1995

  *Title I: Transition to Competition - Amends the Communications Act
of 1934 (the Act) to require a local telephone exchange carrier (or
class of such carriers) that is determined by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) to have market power in providing
telephone exchange service or telephone exchange access service to: (1)
enter into good faith negotiations within 15 days with any
telecommunications carrier requesting interconnection with the
telephone exchange carrier in order to provide telephone exchange or
exchange access service; and (2) provide such interconnection at
reasonable, nondiscriminatory rates and in accordance with requirements
of this title. Provides minimum standards for any interconnection
agreement entered into, including nondiscriminatory access and high-
quality interconnection between the carriers. Allows a local exchange
carrier, upon receiving a request for interconnection, to negotiate and
enter into a binding agreement with the telecommunications carrier
without regard to such standards, as long as such agreement: (1)
includes a schedule of itemized charges for each service, facility, or
function included; and (2) is submitted to the State for approval.
Provides for agreement: (1) arbitration by a State at any time during
negotiations; and (2) intervention by a State when more than 135 days
have passed since the original intervention request. Outlines duties
and rights of parties in an intervention proceeding, including the duty
to provide all appropriate information and the opportunity to respond.
Requires the State proceeding to be conducted in accordance with rules
promulgated by the FCC. Requires the State action to be completed no
later than 10 months after the date on which the local exchange carrier
received the original interconnection request. Outlines provisions
concerning: (1) the determination during arbitration or intervention of
the charges by the local exchange carrier for an unbundled (no
unreasonable conditions on resale or sharing) element of the
interconnection; (2) State approval or rejection of an interconnection
agreement; (3) the required availability of an interconnection
agreement to other telecommunications carriers on the same terms and
conditions; (4) the collocation of equipment necessary for
interconnection at the premises of the carrier at reasonable charges;
(5) FCC promulgation of implementing regulations; (6) FCC authority to
act if a State fails to carry out its arbitration or intervention
responsibilities; (7) waiver or modification by the FCC or a State of
minimum interconnection standards with respect to a rural telephone
company; and (8) a State's authority to impose requirements on a
telecommunications carrier for intrastate services to further
competition in telephone exchange service or exchange access service.

  (Sec. 102) Prohibits a Bell operating company (BOC)(including any
subsidiary and affiliate) which provides telephone exchange service
from providing information services, manufacturing services, or
interLATA (local access and transport area) services (with exceptions),
unless it provides that service through a subsidiary that: (1) is
separate from any BOC entity that provides telephone exchange service;
and (2) meets specified structural and transactional requirements, such
as books, records, officers, directors and employees separate from the
BOC. Prohibits any discrimination between a BOC, its subsidiary or
affiliate, and any other entity in the provision of goods, services,
facilities, and information or in the establishment of standards.
Prohibits a BOC subsidiary from marketing or selling telephone exchange
services provided by the BOC unless that company permits other entities
offering the same or similar services to market and sell its telephone
exchange services. Outlines additional requirements for the provision
of interLATA services by a BOC. Requires each BOC and its subsidiary or
affiliate to protect the confidentiality of proprietary information
relating to other common carriers, equipment manufacturers, and
customers, with certain exceptions such as bill collection. Authorizes
the FCC to grant an exception from any requirement of this section when
determined necessary for the public interest, convenience, and
necessity. Requires public utility companies which are registered
holding companies that provide telecommunications services to provide
such service through a separate subsidiary. Directs each State to
determine whether public utility companies in their State which provide
such service but are not registered holding companies will be required
to provide such service through a separate subsidiary.

  (Sec. 103) Directs the FCC to institute and refer to a Federal- State
joint board a proceeding to recommend rules regarding the
implementation of provisions with regard to universal service (intra-
and inter-state telecommunications services that the FCC determines
should be provided at reasonable rates to all Americans, including
those in rural and high-cost areas and those with disabilities).
Requires the periodic (at least every four years) review of such
implementation. Provides Joint Board and FCC deadlines with regard to
the provision and implementation of appropriate recommendations.
Requires the Joint Board and the FCC to base policies for the
preservation and enhancement of universal service on specified
principles, including quality services, affordable rates, and access in
all regions of the country. Requires all telecommunications providers
to contribute in the advancement of universal service. Prohibits
telecommunications carriers from subsidizing competitive services with
revenues from services that are not competitive.

  (Sec. 104) Directs the FCC (in the case of interstate service) or a
State (in the case of intrastate service), when more than one
telecommunications carrier serves a geographic area, to determine which
carrier is best able to provide universal service to the community and
to designate that carrier as an essential telecommunications carrier
(ETC) for that community. Sets forth ETC obligations in the provision
of such service. Allows multiple ETC designations for an area. Directs
the FCC or a State, as appropriate, to establish rules for the resale
of universal service, requiring the carrier whose facilities are being
resold to be adequately compensated for their use. Allows, under
specified rules, an ETC to relinquish such designation if another ETC
is designated for the same area. Provides for: (1) enforcement
proceedings against an ETC refusing to provide appropriate universal
service; and (2) the designation of an ETC for interexchange services
for any unserved community or portion thereof requesting such services.


  (Sec. 105) Makes provisions of the Act prohibiting foreign investment
and ownership in telecommunications licenses, facilities, and equipment
inapplicable to foreign representatives when the FCC determines that
the foreign country of such representative provides equivalent market
opportunities for common carriers to the United States or its citizens.
Repeals such exemption when such equal opportunity ceases.

  (Sec. 106) Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations that require
certain local telephone exchange carriers to make available to any
qualifying carrier (an ETC) such public switched network infrastructure,
technology, information, and telecommunications facilities and
functions as may be requested for the provision of telecommunications
services, or access to such services, in the service area of an ETC.
Requires a local exchange carrier entering into an agreement under this
section to provide to each party of the agreement timely information on
the planned deployment of telecommunications services and equipment,
including necessary software.

  *Title II: Removal of Restrictions to Competition

  *Subtitle A:

  Removal of Restrictions - Amends the Act to prohibit any State or
local statute or regulation from prohibiting the ability of any entity
to provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications services.
Authorizes the FCC to immediately preempt the enforcement of any
statute that is found to so interfere. Protects the rights of any cable
operator engaged in the provision of telecommunications services,
prohibiting any franchise or additional conditions from being imposed
on such operator for such services.

  (Sec. 202) Authorizes a State, under certain conditions, to require a
direct-to-home satellite service provider who is subject to the
personal jurisdiction of the State to collect and remit a State and
local sales tax with respect to the provision of such services.
Provides nondiscrimination provisions. Exempts the direct-to-home
satellite service from other local taxes or fees for such services.

  (Sec. 203) Provides that any telecommunications carrier, including a
BOC, which carries or provides video programming provided by others
through a common carrier video platform shall not be considered a cable
operator providing cable service and therefore shall not be subject to
certain cross-ownership restrictions under the Act. Requires BOCs, in
order to receive such exemption, to: (1) provide facilities, services,
or information to all programmers on the same terms and conditions as
provided to its own video programming operations; and (2) not subsidize
its video programming with revenues from its telecommunications
services. Outlines provisions concerning rates, access, and certain
procedural safeguards (through FCC regulations) and enforcement
provisions with respect to the provision of video programming through a
common carrier video platform.

  (Sec. 204) Authorizes the FCC to consider a rate for cable
programming services as unreasonable only if it substantially exceeds
the national average rate for comparable services. Includes as
"effective competition" under the Act a situation where a local
exchange carrier offers video programming services directly to
subscribers, either over a common carrier video platform or as a cable
operator, in the franchise area of an unaffiliated cable operator which
is also providing cable service in that franchise area.

  (Sec. 205) Authorizes a cable television system to use utility pole
attachments to provide cable service or any other telecommunications
service. Requires a utility owning a pole to provide a cable television
system with nondiscriminatory access to such pole for such purposes.
Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations to ensure that such utilities
charge just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory rates for such pole
attachments.

  (Sec. 206) Authorizes any utility and its subsidiary or affiliate
(other than a public utility holding company that is an associate
company of a registered holding company) to engage in any activity
necessary or appropriate for the provision of telecommunications
services, information services, or other services or products subject
to FCC jurisdiction under the Act. Prohibits the Securities and
Exchange Commission from regulating such activities. Allows the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission or a State commission to exercise its
authority to prohibit the cross-subsidization of such activities.
Requires the maintenance of separate books and accounts with regard to
such activities by any subsidiary or affiliate that is an associated
company of a registered holding company. Allows for independent audits,
upon State request, of such subsidiaries or affiliates with respect to
such activities.

  (Sec. 207) Authorizes the FCC, under certain conditions, to allow
licensees to make use of the advanced television spectrum for the
transmission of ancillary or supplementary services. Authorizes the FCC
to collect fees for the use of such spectrum from licensees that charge
subscribers for advanced television spectrum services. Requires such
licensee to establish that such services are in the public interest.
Increases from 25 to 35 percent the amount of national audience a
single broadcast licensee may reach. Increases the term of license
renewal for television licenses from five to ten years and for radio
licenses from seven to ten years. Revises the broadcast license renewal
procedures to allow such renewal if the FCC finds that:

  (1) the station has served the public interest, convenience, and
necessity; (2) there have been no serious violations by the licensee of
the Act or FCC rules and regulations; and (3) there have been no other
violations which, taken together, would constitute a pattern of abuse.

  *Subtitle B: Termination of Modification of Final Judgment -
Establishes the criteria to be used by the FCC to determine when a BOC
may provide interLATA services in the region in which it is the dominant
provider of wireless telephone exchange service or exchange access
service. Allows such BOC to provide such services only if it has
reached an interconnection agreement which meets the requirements of a
competitive checklist, including nondiscriminatory access to specified
services. States that, until a BOC is authorized to provide interLATA
services in a telephone exchange area, a telecommunications carrier may
not jointly market telephone exchange or exchange access service
purchased from such a BOC with interexchange services offered by that
telecommunications carrier. Prohibits the FCC from limiting or
extending the requirements of the competitive checklist. Outlines
provisions concerning: (1) a BOC application for the provision of
interLATA services in an appropriate area; (2) FCC determination and
approval of such application and publication of results in the Federal
Register; and (3) judicial review and judgment with respect to an
approval. Requires a BOC granted such approval to provide interLATA
toll dialing parity throughout the market area coincident with its
exercise of authority. Authorizes a BOC or its subsidiary or affiliate
to provide interLATA services in an area where it is not the dominant
provider of telephone exchange or exchange access services upon the
date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes such BOC to provide certain
incidental services, with limitations. Provides that a person engaged
in the provision of commercial mobile services shall not be required to
provide equal access to interexchange telecommunications carriers
unless required to do so under the Act.

  (Sec. 222) Provides that a BOC authorized to provide interLATA
services under this Act shall be authorized by the FCC to: (1)
manufacture and provide telecommunications equipment; and (2)
manufacture customer premises equipment, subject to specified
requirements and related regulations. Requires such manufacturing to be
carried out through a separate subsidiary or affiliate of such BOC,
with appropriate requirements of separation (books, accounts, officers,
and employees) maintained. Requires a manufacturing subsidiary of a BOC
to make available to local exchange carriers telecommunications
equipment and related software that is manufactured by such subsidiary
as long as there is demand for such equipment. Prohibits a BOC from
discriminating among such local exchange carriers with respect to bids
for services or equipment, the standards or certification of equipment,
or the sale of telecommunications equipment and software. Requires the
protection of proprietary information. Allows a BOC to engage in close
collaboration with manufacturers of customer premises or
telecommunications equipment not affiliated with a BOC during the
design and development of equipment hardware and software. Provides for
the administration and enforcement of such requirements through FCC
regulations and appropriate civil actions.

  (Sec. 223) States that nothing in this Act is intended to prohibit a
BOC from engaging in any activity authorized by an order pursuant to
the Modification of Final Judgment, if such order was entered on or
before the date of enactment of this Act.

  (Sec. 224) Provides specific penalties for violations of provisions
of this Act relating to interconnection authority, separate subsidiary
and safeguard requirements, and the authority of a BOC to provide
interLATA telecommunications services.

  (Sec. 225) Authorizes a BOC to provide alarm monitoring services
three years after the date of enactment of this Act if the BOC has been
authorized by the FCC to provide interLATA services. Requires the FCC
to establish rules governing the provision of such services by a BOC.
Provides an exception to the three-year waiting requirement in the case
of alarm monitoring services provided by a BOC that was engaged in the
provision of such services as of December 31, 1994, as long as certain
conditions are met.

  *Title III: An End to Regulation - Directs the FCC and the States to:
(1) provide telecommunications carriers with pricing flexibility in the
rates charged to consumers for telecommunications services; (2) ensure
that residential telephone rates remain just, reasonable, and
affordable as competition develops for telephone exchange service and
telephone exchange access service; and (3) adopt alternative forms of
regulation for Tier 1 telecommunications carriers as part of a plan
that includes the advancement of competition and other measures
designed to protect the consumer. Authorizes the FCC and the States to
establish: (1) rates for services included within universal service;
and (2) a residential telephone rate where only a single carrier
provides such service in a market, but to cease such rate regulation
when determined no longer necessary for the protection of consumers.
Provides for a transition plan. Requires local telephone exchange
carriers to provide subscriber list information to anyone, upon request,
on a timely, unbundled, and nondiscriminatory basis.

  (Sec. 302) Directs the FCC (with respect to Federal regulations) and
a Federal-State Joint Board (with respect to State regulations) to
biennially review and make appropriate determinations with respect to
all regulations applicable to telecommunications services.

  (Sec. 303) Authorizes the FCC, upon making certain determinations, to
forbear from applying any regulation or provision of the Act to a
telecommunications carrier or service in any or some of their geographic
markets. Requires the FCC, within those determinations, to consider
whether such forbearance will promote competitive market conditions.

  (Sec. 304) Requires the FCC and each State telecommunications
commission to encourage the deployment of advanced telecommunications
capability to all Americans. Requires the FCC to regularly initiate a
notice of inquiry concerning such availability.

  (Sec. 305) Directs the FCC to undertake the termination or
modification of regulations and provisions of the Act as necessary to
implement the changes made under this Act.

  (Sec. 306) Provides that any ship documented under U.S. laws
operating under the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
provisions of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention shall not be
required to be equipped with a radio telegraphy station operated by one
or more radio officers or operators.

  (Sec. 307) Requires local exchange carriers to make available: (1)
interim telecommunications number portability beginning on the date of
enactment of this Act; and (2) final number portability when the FCC
determines such to be technically feasible. Requires the neutral
administration of a nationwide numbering system, with costs to be borne
by all telecommunications carriers.

  (Sec. 308) Requires the manufacturer of telecommunications and
customer premises equipment or a provider of telecommunications service
to ensure that the equipment is designed, developed, and fabricated to
be accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, if readily
achievable. Sets forth standards. Requires closed captioning when
readily achievable. Provides exemptions from such requirements.
Provides for: (1) studies; (2) regulations; and (3) enforcement.

  (Sec. 309) Prohibits a State, except for the adoption of specified
minimally restrictive statutes or regulations, from waiving or
modifying the requirements of this Act concerning interconnection
agreements. Authorizes the FCC to preempt any State statute or
regulation found to be inconsistent with FCC regulations or
unreasonably discriminatory in their application.

  (Sec. 310) Requires designated ETCs, upon request, to provide at
affordable and reasonable rates: (1) telecommunications services
necessary for the provision of health care services to persons residing
in rural areas; and (2) universal service to elementary and secondary
schools and libraries for the provision or receipt of educational
services. Directs the FCC to establish rules for the enhancement of the
availability of advanced telecommunications and information services to
elementary and secondary school classrooms, health care providers, and
libraries. Requires appropriate interconnection.

  (Sec. 311) Prohibits any BOC that provides payphone or telemessaging
service from: (1) subsidizing such services with revenues from its
telephone exchange or exchange access service; or (2) preferring or
discriminating in favor of its payphone or telemessaging service.
Requires implementing regulations.

   *Title IV: Obscene, Harassing, and Wrongful Utilization of
Telecommunications Facilities - Communications Decency Act of 1995 -
Amends the Act to prohibit the use of any telecommunications device
(currently, only the telephone) by a person not disclosing his or her
identity in order to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person.
Prohibits the repeated use of a telecommunications device solely for
harassment purposes. Prohibits a person from allowing the use of any
telecommunications facility (currently, telephone facility) in his or
her control for such purposes. Prohibits the use of a telecommunication
device (currently, telephone) for making indecent communications for
commercial purposes to children under age 18. Increases the fine and
maximum sentence for such violations. Provides defenses to such
violations, including one for persons whose actions are limited solely
to the provision of access to certain communications.

  (Sec. 403) Increases from $10,000 to $100,000 the maximum fine for:

  (1) transmission over a cable system of obscene or otherwise
unprotected material; and (2) broadcasting obscene language on the
radio.

  (Sec. 405) Includes digital communications among those communications
protected by the Act from unauthorized interception and disclosure.

  (Sec. 406) Prohibits a party calling a toll-free telephone number
from being assessed a charge by virtue of being asked to connect or
otherwise transfer to a pay-per-call service.

  (Sec. 407) Requires cable television operators, upon subscriber
request and at no charge, to fully scramble or otherwise block the
audio and video portions of programs unsuitable for children.

  (Sec. 408) Authorizes a cable operator to refuse to transmit any
public access or leased access program or portion thereof which
contains obscenity, indecency, or nudity.

LEGISLATIVE ACTION:

01/04/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D., Senate speech: On the upcoming
             consideration of the Telecommunications Competition and
             Deregulation Act of 1995. (CR p. S27-S28)

01/09/95 Committee hearings held by the Senate Commerce, Science &
         Transportation Committee.

03/02/95 Committee hearings held by the Senate Commerce, Science &
         Transportation Committee.

03/09/95     BREAUX, D-La., Senate speech: On the need for
             legislation to break the telecommunications policy
             stalemate. (CR p. S3693-S3694)

03/09/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, Senate speech: On the benefits of
             telecommunications technology in rural areas. (CR p.
             S3730)

03/16/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D., Senate speech: Submits draft
             legislation proposing a checklist approach to
             telecommunications. (CR p. S4089-S4091)

03/21/95 Committee hearings held by the Senate Commerce, Science &
         Transportation Committee.

03/21/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., Senate speech: On the impact of
             telecommunications deregulation and competition in
             rural America. (CR p. S4210-S4212)

03/23/95 Committee consideration and markup session held by the
         Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee. (CR
         p. D401-D402)

03/23/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** S652. Telecommunications
             Competition and Deregulation Act/Foreign Ownership.
             Dorgan, D-N.D., amendment to remove provisions allowing
             selected foreign companies to purchase U.S.
             telecommunication companies if their home countries open
             their telecommunications markets to U.S. firms. Withdrawn
             without objection March 23, 1995.

03/23/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** S652. Telecommunications
             Competition and Deregulation Act/Rate Regulation.
             Packwood, R-Ore., amendment to remove the provision
             defining the circumstances under which a cable system
             would not be subject to effective competition. Withdrawn
             without objection March 23, 1995.

03/23/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** S652. Telecommunications
             Competition and Deregulation Act/Review of Ownership
             Rules. Dorgan, D-N.D., amendment to add language
             requiring the Federal Communications Commission to
             conduct a review of ownership rules on broadcasters.
             Withdrawn without objection March 23, 1995.

03/23/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** S652. Telecommunications
             Competition and Deregulation Act/Competitive Neutrality.
             Hutchison, R-Texas, amendment to add language defining
             competitive neutrality as a provider of video programming
             required to pay fees in lieu of franchise fees if it is
             competitively neutral and is identifiable in consumer
             billing. Adopted by voice vote March 23, 1995.

03/23/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** S652. Telecommunications
             Competition and Deregulation Act/Obscene Use of
             Telecommunications Facilities. Exon, D-Neb., and Gorton,
             R-Wash., amendment to add language extending the
             prohibition against obscene and indecent telephone calls
             to electronic communications, such as e-mail; add
             language increasing fines imposed on individuals
             convicted of obscene or harassing language over
             telecommunications facilities from $10,000 to $100,000;
             add language increasing prison terms from six months to
             two years; add a requirement cable television companies
             to scramble or block both the audio and video of programs
             not suitable for children; add language that would close
             a loophole that allows pay-per-call telephone services to
             be reached through toll-free numbers; add language
             allowing cable-television systems to reject programs on
             public-access channels that contain obscenity, indecency
             or nudity. Adopted  by voice vote March 23, 1995.

03/23/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** S652. Telecommunications
             Competition and Deregulation Act/Public Access.
             Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Snowe, R-Maine, and Exon, D-Neb.,
             amendment to add language to require telecommunications
             service to any public or nonprofit entities at rates not
             higher than the incremental cost to elementary schools,
             secondary schools, and libraries, including
             post-secondary educational institutions, teaching
             hospitals, medical schools, community health centers or
             health centers providing health care to migrants, local
             health departments or agencies, community mental health
             centers, nonprofit hospitals, and rural health clinics.
             Adopted  10-8: R 1-8; D 9-0, March 23, 1995.

03/23/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** S652. Telecommunications
             Competition and Deregulation Act/Public Access. Kerry,
             D-Mass., amendment to broaden the definition of entities
             that have access at a discount to the
             telephone-network-based video systems of the future to
             include public, educational, and governmental entities.
             Adopted by voice vote March 23, 1995.

03/23/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** S652. Telecommunications
             Competition and Deregulation Act/High Cost Areas. Kerry,
             D-Mass., and Lott, R-Miss., amendment to add a provision
             that would prohibit any telecommunications carrier from
             excluding services to areas based on the income of that
             area, physical location, or the cost of installing
             telecommunication service. Withdrawn  without objection
             March 23, 1995.

03/23/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** S652. Telecommunications
             Competition and Deregulation Act/Discrimination. Kerry,
             D-Mass., amendment to add a provision that would prohibit
             any Bell operating company from excluding services to
             payphones or telemessaging services based on an area's
             average income or location, or the cost of installing
             telecommunications service. Adopted  by voice vote March
             23, 1995.

03/23/95     **  COMMITTEE VOTE ** S652. Telecommunications
             Competition and Deregulation Act/Vote to Report. Require
             local telephone companies to negotiate, within 160 days,
             with would-be competitors over which of their facilities
             to share and at what price, in keeping with federal
             minimum standards. Allow the Federal Communication
             Commission or a state to intervene in negotiations that
             exceed 160 days. Allow states and the commission to waive
             the requirement to share telecommunications facilities
             for small, rural telephone companies. Implement penalties
             of $1 million per day, with a one-time penalty of $500
             million for telephone companies that violate the facility
             sharing requirement. Allow the commission to issue rules
             within one year to promote the availability of affordable
             basic phone service for all. Require telecommunication
             carriers to cover the cost of universal service
             subsidies, making only those carriers that agree to
             provide service to all customers in an area eligible for
             subsidies. Prevent any limitation on investment by a
             foreign individual, company or government in a U.S.
             telephone company if the commission determines, in
             consultation with the U.S. trade representative, that
             U.S. telecommunications companies enjoy similar access to
             the individual's or the company's home market. Require
             telecommunication services to be compatible with existing
             devices used by the disabled. Require price control on
             only basic cable service, unless the rate substantially
             exceeds the national average. Transfer authority over
             complaints about cable rates from the commission to local
             authorities. Require all price controls in a market to
             end as soon as a local telephone company offers video
             service. Require regional Bell telephone companies to set
             up separate subsidiaries for cable ventures. Require
             telephone companies that set up a video dial tone system
             to provide local broadcasters access to that system at a
             discount. Require discounts to schools, local governments
             and public-access channel programmers. Require telephone
             companies to make broadcasters' signals accessible to
             subscribers without intervening advertisements or
             alteration. Raise the limit on the audience reached by
             television stations under single ownership from 25
             percent of all households to 35 percent. Extend for 10
             years the term of broadcast licenses, and allow stations
             that comply with federal rules to receive renewals
             without having to compete with other applicants. Prevent
             long-distance companies from selling a package of local
             and long-distance calling services using a regional
             Bell's local wires until the Bell company has gained
             entry to the long-distance market. Allow regional Bells
             to keep a competitive advantage in short-distance toll
             calls until they are allowed to offer long-distance
             service. Allow regional Bells to offer long-distance
             service that is designed to promote competition in their
             own local telephone markets once they comply with a
             checklist of requirements that includes allowing
             customers to change phone companies without changing
             phone numbers and allowing their competitors' customers
             to make local calls by dialing no more numbers than the
             Bells' customers. Allow the regional Bell companies to
             offer long distance immediately in areas where they are
             not the dominant local phone company. Allow the regional
             Bell companies to begin manufacturing telecommunications
             equipment through a separate subsidiary, once the company
             has gained entry into the long-distance market. Require
             subsidies to charge equal prices to all customers that do
             not manufacture their own equipment or make their
             equipment available to the Bell companies. Provide that
             Bell companies may provide an alarm monitoring services
             after three years through a separate subsidiary, if
             authorized to enter the long-distance market. Allow the
             commission to block a regional company's entry into the
             long-distance market if it is not deemed to be in the
             public interest. Require the commission and states to
             provide telephone companies with more flexibility in
             setting prices one year after enactment. Prevent the
             disclosure to individuals or to any subsidiaries
             information about a customer's calling record without the
             customer's written consent. Allow power companies to
             offer telephone service. Provide nondiscriminatory
             safeguards on any Bell operating company that provides
             payphone services or telemessaging service. Require
             universal telecommunications service rates not higher
             than the incremental cost to public or nonprofit
             entities. Extend the prohibition against obscene and
             indecent telephone calls to electronic communications,
             such as e-mail. Increase fines imposed on individuals
             convicted of obscene or harassing language over
             telecommunications facilities from $10,000 to $100,000
             and prison terms from six months to two years. Require
             cable television companies to scramble or block both the
             audio and video of programs not suitable for children.
             Close a loophole that allows pay-per-call telephone
             services to be reached through toll-free numbers. Allow
             cable television systems to reject programs on
             public-access channels that contain obscenity, indecency
             or nudity. As amended. Reported favorably  17-2: R 8-2; D
             9-0, March 23, 1995.

03/23/95 Ordered to be reported by the Senate Commerce, Science &
         Transportation Committee. (Provisions similar to S314,
         Communications Decency Act, are included in this
         measure.) (CR p. D401-D402)

03/30/95 Reported to the Senate as an original bill by the Senate
         Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation SRpt
         104-23 (CR p. S4923-S4924)

03/30/95 Placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar. (Calendar No.
         45) (WR pp. 937, 982)

03/30/95     KERREY, D-Neb., Senate speech: Expresses concern about
             provisions in the Telecommunications Competition
             Deregulation Act of 1995. (CR p. S4838-S4839)

03/30/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., Senate speech: Believes provisions in the
             Telecommunications Competition Deregulation Act will
             censor computer communications. (CR p. S4841-S4842)

04/03/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D., Senate speech: On the status of the
             Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of
             1995. (CR p. S5083-S5084)

04/04/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D., Senate speech: On opposition by the
             Clinton administration to the Telecommunications
             Deregulation and Competition Act. (CR p. S5115)

04/05/95     DASCHLE, D-S.D., Senate speech: Clarifies his
             intentions regarding telecommunications deregulation
             and reform. (CR p. S5179)

04/05/95     HOLLINGS, D-S.C., Senate speech: On the status of the
             Medicare system and the need to begin consideration of
             the budget resolution, and Clinton administration
             opposition to the Telecommunications Deregulation and
             Reform Act. (CR p. S5190-S5193)

05/03/95 Subcommittee hearings held and completed on related
         provisions regarding antitrust issues in the
         telecommunications industry by the Senate Judiciary
         Committee, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights,
         and Competition. (CR p. D544) (WR pp. 1237, 1411, 1475,
         1496, 1571, 1572)

05/18/95     WELLSTONE, D-Minn., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1110 (text) (CR p. S6931-S6937)

05/18/95     WELLSTONE, D-Minn., Senate speech: Introduces an
             amendment to create a congressional gift ban. (Colloquy
             with FEINGOLD, D-Wis.) (CR p. S6931-S6937)

05/25/95     BYRD, D-W.Va., Senate speech: On foreign ownership of
             U.S. telecommunications companies and the need for U.S.
             access to foreign markets. (CR p. S7492-S7495)

06/07/95     DOLE, R-Kan., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1255
             (text) (CR p. S7926-S7927)

06/07/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1256 (text) (CR p. S7927-S7928)

06/07/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1257 (text) (CR p. S7928)

06/07/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1258 (text) (CR p. S7928-S7932)

06/07/95 Considered and amended by the Senate. (CR p. S7881-S7912)

06/07/95     DOLE, R-Kan., amendment no. 1255, to provide additional
             deregulation of telecommunications services, including
             rural and small cable TV systems, pending at recess. (CR
             p. S7898-S7901)

06/07/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, amendment no. 1256, to extend the
             authority of the Federal Communications Commission to use
             auctions for the allocation of radio spectrum frequencies
             for commercial use, and provide for private sector
             reimbursement of federal governmental user costs to
             vacate commercially valuable spectrum, as amended, agreed
             to by voice vote. (see CR p.S7905) (CR p. S7901-S7902,
             S7905)

06/07/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D., amendment no. 1257, to the STEVENS,
             R-Alaska, amendment no. 1256, to provide for broadcast
             auxiliary spectrum relocation, agreed to by voice vote.
             (see CR p.S7905) (CR p. S7902-S7905)

06/07/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D., and HOLLINGS, D-S.C., technical
             amendment no. 1258, pending at recess. (Objection was
             heard to a PRESSLER, R-S.D., unanimous consent request to
             agree to the manager's amendments) (CR p. S7908-S7909)

06/08/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1259 (text) (CR p. S8043)

06/08/95     MCCAIN, R-Ariz., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1260 (text) (CR p. S8043)

06/08/95     MCCAIN, R-Ariz., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1261 (text) (CR p. S8043)

06/08/95     MCCAIN, R-Ariz., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1262 (text) (CR p. S8043)

06/08/95     COHEN, R-Maine, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1263 (text) (CR p. S8043)

06/08/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1264 (text) (CR p. S8043-S8044)

06/08/95     THURMOND, R-S.C., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1265 (text) (CR p. S8044)

06/08/95     HOLLINGS, D-S.C., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1266 (text) (CR p. S8044-S8045)

06/08/95 Considered and amended by the Senate. (CR p. S7942-S8018)

06/08/95     DOLE, R-Kan., amendment no. 1255, to provide additional
             deregulation of telecommunications services, including
             rural and small cable TV systems, pending at recess. (CR
             p. S7942)

06/08/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D., and HOLLINGS, D-S.C., modified
             technical amendment no. 1258, agreed to by voice vote.
             (see CR p.S7996) (modified on pgs. S7996-S7997) (CR p.
             S7942-S7947, S7995-S7996)

06/08/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., amendment no. 1259, to require criteria
             upon the designation of an additional Essential
             Telecommunications Carrier, agreed to by voice vote. (see
             CR p.S7951) (CR p. S7947-S7951)

06/08/95     MCCAIN, R-Ariz., modified amendment no. 1260, to require
             congressional notification before the imposition or
             increase of universal service contributions, agreed to by
             voice vote. (see CR p.S7960) (modified on pg. S7960) (CR
             p. S7957-S7960)

06/08/95     MCCAIN, R-Ariz., amendment no. 1261, to prevent excessive
             Federal Communications Commission regulatory activities,
             tabled by yea-nay vote: 68-31. (see CR p.S7971) (Senate
             Vote 243) (CR p. S7960-S7971)

06/08/95     MCCAIN, R-Ariz., amendment no. 1262, to strike section
             310, providing telecommunications services for health
             care providers in rural areas, educational providers, and
             libraries, tabled by yea-nay vote: 58-36. (see CR
             p.S7990) (Senate Vote 244) (CR p. S7971-S7990)

06/08/95     COHEN, R-Maine, and SNOWE, R-Maine, amendment no. 1263,
             to require the Federal Communications Commission to adopt
             regulations that would make cable boxes available
             commercially, rejected by yea-nay vote: 30-64. (see CR
             p.S8001) (Provisions similar to S664, Competitive
             Consumer Electronics Availability Act, are included in
             this amendment.) (Senate Vote 245) (CR p. S7991-S7995,
             S7996-S8001)

06/08/95 PRESSLER, R-S.D., unanimous consent request that the
         PRESSLER and HOLLINGS, D-S.C., modified technical
         amendment no. 1258 be treated as original text for the
         purpose of amendment during further consideration of the
         measure, agreed to by unanimous consent. (CR p. S7996)

06/08/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1264, to the
             PRESSLER, R-S.D., and HOLLINGS, D-S.C., modified
             technical amendment no. 1258, to require Department of
             Justice approval for Regional Bell Operating Company
             entry into long distance services, based on the VIII(c)
             standard, pending at recess. (amendment no. 1264,
             modified on pgs. S8007-S8009) (CR p. S8001-S8014,
             S8015-S8018)

06/08/95     THURMOND, R-S.C., modified amendment no. 1265, to the
             DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1264, to the
             PRESSLER, R-S.D., and HOLLINGS, D-S.C., modified
             technical amendment no. 1258, to provide for the review
             by the attorney general of the United States of the entry
             of the Bell operating companies into interexchange
             telecommunications and manufacturing markets, pending at
             recess. (amendment no. 1265, modified on pgs.
             S8010-S8011) (CR p. S8001-S8014, S8015-S8018)

06/08/95     HOLLINGS, D-S.C., and DASCHLE, D-S.D., amendment no.
             1266, to the PRESSLER, R-S.D., and HOLLINGS modified
             technical amendment no. 1258, to clarify the requirements
             a Bell operating company must satisfy before being
             permitted to offer long distance services, pending at
             recess. (CR p. S8014-S8015)

06/09/95     SANTORUM, R-Pa., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1267 (text) (CR p. S8120)

06/09/95     EXON, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1268
             (text) (CR p. S8120-S8121)

06/09/95 Considered and amended by the Senate. (CR p. S8055-S8058,
         S8061-S8077, S8085)

06/09/95     DOLE, R-Kan., modified amendment no. 1255, to provide
             additional deregulation of telecommunications services,
             including rural and small cable TV systems, agreed to by
             yea-nay vote: 77-8. (see CR p.S8069) (modified on pg.
             S8064-S8066) (Senate Vote 248) (CR p. S8055, S8064-S8069)

06/09/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1264, to require
             Department of Justice approval for Regional Bell
             Operating Company entry into long distance services,
             based on the VIII(c) standard, pending at recess. (CR p.
             S8055-S8057)

06/09/95     THURMOND, R-S.C., modified amendment no. 1265, to the
             DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1264, to provide
             for the review by the attorney general of the United
             States of the entry of Bell operating companies into
             interexchange telecommunications and manufacturing
             markets, pending at recess. (CR p. S8055-S8057)

06/09/95     HOLLINGS, D-S.C., and DASCHLE, D-S.D., amendment no.
             1266, to clarify the requirements a Bell operating
             company must satisfy before being permitted offer long
             distance services, subsumed when the DOLE, R-Kan.,
             amendment no. 1255 was modified. (CR p. S8055, S8075)

06/09/95     SANTORUM, R-Pa., amendment no. 1267, to permit the Bell
             operating companies to provide interLATA commercial
             mobile services, agreed to by yea-nay vote: 83-4. (see CR
             p.S8064) (Senate Vote 247) (CR p. S8062-S8064)

06/09/95 DOLE, R-Kan., unanimous consent request providing for
         further consideration of the bill and amendments thereto,
         agreed to by unanimous consent. (CR p. S8087) (WR pp.
         1613, 1628)

06/09/95     EXON, D-Neb., Senate speech: Intends to offer an
             amendment regarding decency on the Internet. (Omaha
             World-Herald) (CR p. S8087-S8092)

06/09/95     KERRY, D-Mass., Senate speech: Opposes the
             Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act in
             its current form and expresses concerns regarding the
             proposed Exon amendment regarding decency on the
             Internet. (Colloquy with EXON, D-Neb., and PRESSLER,
             R-S.D.) (CR p. S8092-S8095)

06/09/95     SIMON, D-Ill., Senate speech: Intends to introduce an
             amendment to require an audit of the manufacturing
             activities of the Regional Bell Operating Companies.
             (CR p. S8085)

06/09/95     DOLE, R-Kan., Senate speech: On the status of
             consideration of the Telecommunications Competition and
             Deregulation Act. (Colloquy with WELLSTONE, D-Minn.)
             (CR p. S8085)

06/12/95     FEINSTEIN, D-Calif., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1269 (text) (CR p. S8183)

06/12/95     FEINSTEIN, D-Calif., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1270 (text) (CR p. S8183)

06/12/95     ROBB, D-Va., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1271
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8183)

06/12/95 Considered and amended by the Senate. (CR p. S8134-S8176,
         S8188-S8198)

06/12/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1264, to require
             Department of Justice approval for Regional Bell
             Operating Company entry into long distance services,
             based on the VIII(c) standard, pending at recess. (CR p.
             S8134-S8176, S8188-8198)

06/12/95     THURMOND, R-S.C., modified amendment no. 1265, to the
             DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1264, to provide
             for the review by the attorney general of the United
             States of the entry of Bell operating companies into
             interexchange telecommunications and manufacturing
             markets, pending at recess. (further modified on pgs.
             S8145-S8146) (CR p. S8134-S8162)

06/12/95 DOLE, R-Kan., unanimous consent request for a time
         agreement providing for further consideration of the
         pending DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1264 and
         the THURMOND, R-S.C., modified amendment no. 1265 (to the
         DORGAN modified amendment no. 1264), with a vote to occur
         on a motion to table the DORGAN modified amendment no.
         1264 on Tuesday, June 13, 1995, at 2:30 p.m., agreed to
         by unanimous consent. (see CR p.S8164) (CR p. S8162,
         S8164)

06/12/95     FEINSTEIN, D-Calif., and LOTT, R-Miss., amendment no.
             1269, to provide for full scrambling on multichannel
             video services of sexually explicit adult programming,
             agreed to by yea-nay vote: 91-0. (see CR p.S8169) (Senate
             Vote 249) (CR p. S8166-S8169)

06/12/95     FEINSTEIN, D-Calif., and KEMPTHORNE, R-Idaho, amendment
             no. 1270, to strike the authority of the Federal
             Communications Commission to preempt state or local
             regulations that establish barriers to entry for
             interstate or intrastate telecommunications services,
             pending at recess. (CR p. S8170-S8176)

06/12/95 LOTT, R-Miss., motion to close debate (cloture motion) on
         consideration of S652 (3/5's vote required), vote to
         occur on Wednesday, June 14, 1995. (CR p. S8176)

06/12/95     INHOFE, R-Okla., Senate speech: Supports the
             Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act.
             (CR p. S8127-S8128)

06/12/95     KERREY, D-Neb., Senate speech: On the revised amendment
             to the telecommunications bill affecting the Department
             of Justice's authority over the expansion of the
             regional Bell telephone companies. (CR p. S8186-S8187)

06/12/95     HATFIELD, R-Ore., Senate speech: On the
             Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of
             1995. (CR p. S8187)

06/12/95     EXON, D-Neb., Senate speech: Supports a rewriting of
             telecommunications laws and urges colleagues to study
             his proposals regarding decency provisions contained in
             the bill. (CR p. S8130-S8131)

06/12/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D., Senate speech: On the schedule for
             amendment consideration to the Telecommunications
             Competition and Deregulation Act. (CR p. S8128)

06/13/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1272 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8265-S8266)

06/13/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1273 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8265-S8266)

06/13/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1274 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8266)

06/13/95     CONRAD, D-N.D., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1275 (text) (CR p. S8266)

06/13/95     MCCAIN, R-Ariz., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1276 (text) (CR p. S8266-S8267)

06/13/95     GORTON, R-Wash., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1277 (text) (CR p. S8267)

06/13/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1278 (text) (CR p. S8267)

06/13/95     THURMOND, R-S.C., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1279 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8267-S8268)

06/13/95     ROBB, D-Va., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1280
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8268)

06/13/95     EXON, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1281
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8268-S8269)

06/13/95     MOSELEY BRAUN, D-Ill., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1282 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8269-S8270)

06/13/95     SIMON, D-Ill., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1283 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8270)

06/13/95     SIMON, D-Ill., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1284 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8270)

06/13/95     MCCAIN, R-Ariz., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1285 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8270)

06/13/95     SIMON, D-Ill., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1286 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8270)

06/13/95     BUMPERS, D-Ark., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1287 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8270)

06/13/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1288
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8270-S8271)

06/13/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1289
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8271)

06/13/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1290
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8271)

06/13/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1291
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8271)

06/13/95     ROCKEFELLER, D-W.Va., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1292 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8271)

06/13/95     MCCAIN, R-Ariz., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1293 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8271)

06/13/95     SPECTER, R-Pa., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1294 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8271-S8272)

06/13/95     LIEBERMAN, D-Conn., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1295 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8272)

06/13/95     LIEBERMAN, D-Conn., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1296 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8272)

06/13/95     LIEBERMAN, D-Conn., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1297 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8272)

06/13/95     LIEBERMAN, D-Conn., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1298 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8272)

06/13/95     BREAUX, D-La., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1299 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8272)

06/13/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1300 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8272-S8273)

06/13/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1301 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8272-S8273)

06/13/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1302 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8272-S8273)

06/13/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1303 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8273)

06/13/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1304 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8273-S8274)

06/13/95     DASCHLE, D-S.D., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1305 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8274)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1306 (text) (CR p. S8274)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1307 (text) (CR p. S8274)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1308 (text) (CR p. S8274)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1309 (text) (CR p. S8274)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1310 (text) (CR p. S8274)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1311 (text) (CR p. S8274)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1312 (text) (CR p. S8274)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1313 (text) (CR p. S8274)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1314 (text) (CR p. S8274-S8275)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1315 (text) (CR p. S8274-S8278)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1316 (text) (CR p. S8274-S8280)

06/13/95     BROWN, R-Colo., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1317 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8280)

06/13/95     BROWN, R-Colo., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1318 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8280)

06/13/95     BROWN, R-Colo., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1319 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8280)

06/13/95     BROWN, R-Colo., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1320 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8280)

06/13/95     BYRD, D-W.Va., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1321 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8280)

06/13/95     HARKIN, D-Iowa, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1322 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8280-S8281)

06/13/95     HARKIN, D-Iowa, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1323 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8280-S8281)

06/13/95     HARKIN, D-Iowa, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1324 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8280-S8281)

06/13/95     WARNER, R-Va., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1325 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8281)

06/13/95     GORTON, R-Wash., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1326 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8281)

06/13/95     EXON, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1327
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8281)

06/13/95     EXON, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1328
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8281)

06/13/95     EXON, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1329
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8281-S8282)

06/13/95     EXON, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1330
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8282)

06/13/95     KERRY, D-Mass., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1331 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8282-S8283)  06/13/95     KERRY, D-Mass., amendment
introduced in Senate: number
             1332 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8282-S8283)

06/13/95     KERRY, D-Mass., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1333 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8282-S8284)

06/13/95     KERRY, D-Mass., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1334 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8282-S8284)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1335 (text) (CR p. S8284)

06/13/95     FEINSTEIN, D-Calif., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1336 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8284)

06/13/95     LIEBERMAN, D-Conn., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1337 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8284-S8285)

06/13/95     BROWN, R-Colo., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1338 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8285)

06/13/95     GRAMM, R-Texas, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1339 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8285)

06/13/95     BOXER, D-Calif., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1340 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8285)

06/13/95     DOLE, R-Kan., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1341
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8285)

06/13/95     KERRY, D-Mass., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1342 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8285)

06/13/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1343 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8285)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1344 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8285)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1345 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8285)

06/13/95     HEFLIN, D-Ala., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1346 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8285-S8286)

06/13/95     LIEBERMAN, D-Conn., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1347 (text) (CR p. S8286)

06/13/95     BUMPERS, D-Ark., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1348 (text) (CR p. S8286-S8287)

06/13/95     SIMON, D-Ill., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1349 (text) (CR p. S8287)

06/13/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D. (for EXON, D-Neb.) amendment introduced
             in Senate: number 1350 (text) (CR p. S8287)

06/13/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D. (for BYRD, D-W.Va.) amendment introduced
             in Senate: number 1351 (text) (CR p. S8287)

06/13/95     LIEBERMAN, D-Conn., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1352 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8287)

06/13/95     LIEBERMAN, D-Conn., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1353 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8287)

06/13/95     BOXER, D-Calif., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1354 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8287)

06/13/95     BOXER, D-Calif., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1355 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8287)

06/13/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1356
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8287-S8288)

06/13/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1357
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8287-S8288)

06/13/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1358
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8287-S8287)

06/13/95     BREAUX, D-La., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1359 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8288)

06/13/95     BREAUX, D-La., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1360 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8288)

06/13/95     BREAUX, D-La., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1361 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8288)

06/13/95 Considered and amended by the Senate. (CR p. S8206-S8254)

06/13/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1264, to require
             Department of Justice approval for Regional Bell
             Operating Company entry into long distance services,
             based on the VIII(c) standard, withdrawn. (see CR
             p.S8225) (CR p. S8206, S8225)

06/13/95     THURMOND, R-S.C., modified amendment no. 1265, to the
             DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1264, to provide
             for the review by the attorney general of the United
             States of the entry of Bell operating companies into
             interexchange telecommunications and manufacturing
             markets, tabled by yea-nay vote: 57-43. (see CR p.S8225)
             (Senate Vote 250) (CR p. S8206-S8209, S8215-S8225)

06/13/95     FEINSTEIN, D-Calif., and KEMPTHORNE, R-Idaho, amendment
             no. 1270, to strike the authority of the Federal
             Communications Commission to preempt state or local
             regulations that establish barriers to entry for
             interstate or intrastate telecommunications services,
             pending at recess. (CR p. S8206)

06/13/95     MCCAIN, R-Ariz., amendment no. 1276, to require a voucher
             system to provide for payment of universal service,
             rejected by yea-nay vote: 18-82. (see CR p.S8239) (Senate
             Vote 251) (CR p. S8209-S8212, S8239)

06/13/95     GORTON, R-Wash., amendment no. 1277, to the FEINSTEIN,
             D-Calif., and KEMPTHORNE, R-Idaho, amendment no. 1270, to
             limit rather than strike, the preemption language,
             pending at recess. (CR p. S8212-S8213)

06/13/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1278, to provide
             Federal Communications review of television broadcast
             ownership restrictions, agreed to by yea-nay vote: 51-48.
             (see CR p.S8247) (modified on pgs. S8245-S8246) (Senate
             Vote 253) (CR p. S8213-S8215, S8241-S8247)

06/13/95 DORGAN, D-N.D., motion to table the D'AMATO, R-N.Y.,
         motion to reconsider roll call vote no. 253 on the DORGAN
         modified amendment no. 1278, rejected by yea-nay vote:
         48-52. (see CR p.S8246) (CR p. S8213-S8215, S8241-S8247)

06/13/95 Subsequently, the Senate agreed to the D'AMATO, R-N.Y.,
         motion to reconsider roll call vote no. 253 on the
         DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1278, by voice
         vote. (see CR p.S8247) (CR p. S8213-S8215, S8241-S8247)

06/13/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1278, to provide
             Federal Communications review of television broadcast
             ownership restrictions, upon reconsideration, rejected by
             yea-nay vote: 47-52. (see CR p.S8247) (Senate Vote 255)
             (CR p. S8213-S8215, S8241-S8247)

06/13/95 PRESSLER, R-S.D., unanimous consent request that the
         DORGAN, D-N.D., modified amendment no. 1264, be withdrawn
         if the THURMOND, R-S.C., modified amendment no. 1265, to
         the DORGAN modified amendment no. 1264, is tabled by the
         Senate, agreed to by unanimous consent. (CR p.
         S8219-S8220)

06/13/95     CONRAD, D-N.D., amendment no. 1275, to provide means of
             limiting the exposure of children to violent programming
             on television, as amended, agreed to by voice vote. (see
             CR p.S8252) (Provisions similar to S332, Children's Media
             Protection Act, are included in this amendment.) (Senate
             Vote 256) (CR p. S8225-S8230, S8232-S8335, S8251-S8252)

06/13/95 Earlier, a PRESSLER, R-S.D., motion to table the CONRAD,
         D-N.D., amendment no. 1275, was rejected by yea-nay vote:
         26-73) (see CR p.S8251) (Senate Vote 256) (CR p.
         S8225-S8230, S8232-S8335, S8251-S8252)

06/13/95     LIEBERMAN, D-Conn., modified amendment no. 1347, to the
             DORGAN, D-N.D., amendment no. 1275, to revise the
             provisions relating to the establishment of a system for
             rating violence and other objectionable content on
             television, agreed to by voice vote. (see CR p.S8251)
             (modifed on pg. S8249) (CR p. S8226-S8227, S8230-S8235,
             S8247-S8251)

06/13/95     BUMPERS, D-Ark., and DASCHLE, D-S.D., amendment no. 1348,
             to protect consumers of electric utility holding
             companies in the provision of telecommunications
             services, tabled by yea-nay vote: 52-48. (see CR p.S8240)
             (Senate Vote 252) (CR p. S8235-S8237, S8239-S8240)

06/13/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment no. 1335, to provide that the
             incidental services which Bell operating companies may
             provide shall include two-way interactive video services
             or Internet services to or for elementary and secondary
             schools, agreed to by unanimous consent. (see CR p.S8252)
             (CR p. S8237, S82852)

06/13/95     SIMON, D-Ill., and DOLE, R-Kan., amendment no. 1349, to
             express the sense of the Senate regarding limiting the
             amount of broadcasting of violent and aggressive
             programming, agreed to by yea-nay vote: 100-0. (see CR
             p.S8252) (Senate Vote 257) (CR p. S8250-S8252)

06/13/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D. (for EXON, D-Neb.), amendment no. 1350,
             to assure that the national security is protected when
             considering grants of common carrier license to foreign
             entities and other persons, as amended, agreed to by
             unanimous consent. (see CR p.S8254) (CR p. S8252-S8254)

06/13/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D. (for BYRD, D-W.Va.), amendment no. 1351,
             to the PRESSLER (for EXON, D-Neb.), amendment no. 1350,
             to require a report on objections to determinations of
             the Federal Communications Commission for purposes of
             termination of foreign ownership restrictions and to
             revise the determinations of market opportunities for
             such purposes, agreed to by unanimous consent. (see CR
             p.S8254) (CR p. S8253-S8254, S8292)

06/13/95 COCHRAN, R-Miss., second motion to close debate (cloture
         motion) on consideration of S652 (3/5's vote required),
         with a vote to occur on Thursday, June 15, 1995. (CR p.
         S8254)

06/13/95 COCHRAN, R-Miss., unanimous consent request providing for
         the further consideration of the bill and amendments
         thereto, agreed to by unanimous consent. (CR p. S8289)

06/14/95     EXON, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1362
             (text) (CR p. S8386-S8387)

06/14/95     EXON, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1363
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8387-S8388)

06/14/95     EXON, D-Neb., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1364
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8387-S8389)

06/14/95     FEINGOLD, D-Wis., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1365 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     HEFLIN, D-Ala., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1366 (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     HEFLIN, D-Ala., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1367 (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     BREAUX, D-La., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1368 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1369 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1370 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1371
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1372
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1373
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1374
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1375
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1376
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8389)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1377
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8389-S8390)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1378
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8390)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1379
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8390)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1380
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8390)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1381
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8390)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1382
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8390)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1383
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8390)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1384
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8390-S8391)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1385
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8391)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1386
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8391-S8392)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1387
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8391-S8392)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1388
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8392)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1389
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8392)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1390
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8392)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1391
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8392)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1392
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8392-S8293)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1393
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8392-S8393)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1394
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8392-S8393)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1395
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8392-S8393)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1396
             (ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8393)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1397
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8393)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1398
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8393)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1399
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8393)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1400
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8393-S8394)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1401
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8394)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1402
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8394)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1403
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8394)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1404
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8394)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1405
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8394)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1406
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8394)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1407
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8394-S8395)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1408
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8395)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1409
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8395)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1410
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8395)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1411
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8395-S8396)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1412
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8396)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1413
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8396)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment introduced in Senate: number 1414
             (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8396)

06/14/95     WELLSTONE, D-Minn., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1415 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8396-S8397)

06/14/95     WELLSTONE, D-Minn., amendment introduced in Senate:
             number 1416 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8396-S8397)

06/14/95     KERRY, D-Mass., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1417 (Ordered to lie on the table (text) (CR p.
             S8397-S8398)

06/14/95     KERRY, D-Mass., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1418 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8397-S8398)

06/14/95     HOLLINGS, D-S.C., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1419 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p.
             S8398-S8400)

06/14/95     INOUYE, D-Hawaii, amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1420 (Ordered to lie on the table) (text) (CR p. S8400)

06/14/95     BREAUX, D-La., amendment introduced in Senate: number
             1421 (text) (CR p. S8400)

06/14/95 Considered and amended by the Senate. (CR p. S8305-S8376,
         S8378-S8379, S8413-S8415)

06/14/95     FEINSTEIN, D-Calif., and KEMPTHORNE, R-Idaho, amendment
             no. 1270, to strike the authority of the Federal
             Communications Commission to preempt state or local
             regulations that establish barriers to entry for
             interstate or intrastate telecommunications services, as
             amended, rejected by yea-nay vote: 44-56. (see CR
             p.S8308) (Senate Vote 258) (CR p. S8305-S8308)

06/14/95     GORTON, R-Wash., amendment no. 1277, to the FEINSTEIN,
             D-Calif. and KEMPTHORNE, R-Idaho, amendment no. 1270, to
             limit, rather than strike, the preemption language,
             agreed to by voice vote. (see CR p.S8308) (CR p.
             S8305-S8308)

06/14/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D. (for SIMON, D-Ill.), modified amendment
             no. 1284, to require audits to ensure that the Bell
             operating companies meet separate affiliate subsidiary
             requirements and safeguards, agreed to by voice vote.
             (see CR p.S8310) (modified on pgs. S8308-S8309) (CR p.
             S8308-S8310)

06/14/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D. (for MOSELEY-BRAUN, D-Ill.), modified
             amendment no. 1282, to recognize the National Education
             Technology Funding Corporation as a nonprofit corporation
             operating under the laws of the District of Columbia, and
             to provide authority for federal departments and agencies
             to provide assistance to such corporation, agreed to by
             voice vote. (see CR p.S8310) (modified on pgs.
             S8308-S8309 and further modified on pgs. S8351-S8352) (CR
             p. S8308-S8310, S8351-S8352)

06/14/95 LOTT, R-Miss., motion to close debate (cloture motion) on
         consideration of S652, agreed to by yea-nay vote: 89-11
         (3/5's vote required). (see CR p.S8311) (Senate Vote 259)
         (CR p. S8310-S8311)

06/14/95     KERREY, D-Neb., modified amendment no. 1306, to protect
             ratepayers from having to pay civil penalties for
             violations by local exchange carriers of interconnection
             and other duties, agreed to by voice vote. (see CR
             p.S8312) (modified on pg. S8312) (CR p. S8311-S8312)

06/14/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment no. 1344, to provide for the
             representation of consumers on the Federal-State Board on
             Universal Service, tabled by yea-nay vote: 55-45. (see CR
             p.S8315) (Senate Vote 260) (CR p. S8313-S8315)

06/14/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment no. 1313, to clarify state
             ratemaking authority, agreed to by voice vote. (see CR
             p.S8317) (CR p. S8314-S8317)

06/14/95     KERREY, D-Neb., modified amendment no. 1310, to clarify
             that pricing flexibility should not have the effect of
             shifting revenues from competitive services to
             non-competitive services, withdrawn by unanimous consent.
             (see CR p.S8319) (modified on pg. S8318) (CR p.
             S8317-S8319)

06/14/95     KERREY, D-Neb., amendment no. 1307, to require more than
             "an" interconnection agreement prior to long distance
             entry by a Bell Operating Company, tabled by yea-nay
             vote: 79-21. (see CR p.S8326) (Senate Vote 261) (CR p.
             S8319-S8322, S8326)

06/14/95     BOXER, D-Calif., and LEVIN, D-Mich., modified amendment
             no. 1340, to preserve the basic tier of cable services,
             tabled by yea-nay vote: 60-38. (see CR p.S8326) (modified
             on pg. S8326) (Senate Vote 262) (CR p. S8322-S8326)

06/14/95     BOXER, D-Calif., and LEVIN, D-Mich., substitute amendment
             no. 1354, to the BOXER and LEVIN modified amendment no.
             1340, fell when its provisions were incorporated in
             amendment no. 1340. (see CR p.S8326) (CR p. S8322-S8326)

06/14/95     KERREY, D-Neb., modified amendment no. 1310, to clarify
             that pricing flexibility should not have the effect of
             shifting revenues from competitive services to
             non-competitive services, agreed to by voice vote. (see
             CR p.S8327) (modified on pg. S8327) (CR p. S8327)

06/14/95     LEAHY, D-Vt., modified amendment no. 1288, to revise
             title IV of the bill and provide for a study of the legal
             and technical means at restricting access to obscenity on
             interactive telecommunications systems, as amended,
             agreed to by voice vote. (see CR p.S8347) (modified on
             pgs. S8327-S8328) (CR p. S8327-S8347)

06/14/95     EXON, D-Neb., and COATS, R-Ind., substitute amendment no.
             1362, to the LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment no. 1288, agreed to
             by yea-nay vote: 84-16. (see CR p.S8347) (Senate Vote
             263) (CR p. S8328-S8347)

06/14/95 SIMON, D-Ill., unanimous consent request to correct an
         error in the SIMON, D-Ill., amendment no. 1286, agreed to
         by unanimous consent. (CR p. S8347)

06/14/95     BREAUX, D-La., and LEAHY, D-Vt., amendment no. 1421, to
             establish that a state may not require a Bell operating
             company to implement toll dialing parity in an interLATA
             area before a Bell operating company has been granted
             authority to provide interLATA services in that area or
             before three years after the enactment of this act,
             agreed to by voice vote. (see CR p.S8350) (CR p.
             S8348-S8350)

06/14/95     BROWN, R-Colo., technical amendment no. 1317, agreed to
             by voice vote. (CR p. S8350)

06/14/95     BROWN, R-Colo., modified technical amendment no. 1318,
             agreed to by voice vote. (see CR p.S8354) (modified on
             pg. S8352) (CR p. S8350, S8352, S8354)

06/14/95     BROWN, R-Colo., unanimous consent request to withdraw the
             BROWN amendment no. 1319, to allow the Federal
             Communications Commission to participate in the setting
             of technical standards for digital transmission and
             reception of the signals of video programming, agreed to
             by unanimous consent. (CR p. S8350)

06/14/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., amendment no. 1272, to require
             broadcasters to receive viewer input on the violent
             content of programming upon license renewal, agreed to by
             voice vote. (see CR p.S8351) (CR p. S8350-S8351)

06/14/95     SPECTER, R-Pa., modified amendment no. 1294, to promote
             the use of telecommuting by the American work force,
             agreed to by voice vote. (see CR p.S8353) (CR p.
             S8352-S8353)

06/14/95     DORGAN, D-N.D., amendment no. 1343, to provide for
             commission notification of the attorney general of any
             approval of Bell Company entry into long distance,
             withdrawn by unanimous consent. (see CR p.S8354) (CR p.
             S8353-S8354)

06/14/95     HOLLINGS, D-S.C. (for BREAUX, D-La.), amendment no. 1299,
             to require that at least 80% of vessels required to
             implement the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
             have the equipment installed and operating in good
             working condition, pending at recess. (CR p. S8354-S8355)

06/14/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D. (for MCCAIN, R-Ariz.), amendment no.
             1285, to means test the eligibility of the community
             users, pending at recess. (CR p. S8355)

06/14/95     HARKIN, D-Iowa, modified amendment no. 1323, to postpone
             the effective date of the authority to provide alarm
             monitoring services, agreed to by voice vote. (see CR
             p.S8356) (modified on pg. S8355) (CR p. S8355-S8356)

06/14/95     HARKIN, D-Iowa, amendment no. 1322, to prevent unfair
             billing practices for information or services provided
             over calls to 800 numbers, agreed to by voice vote. (see
             CR p.S8358) (CR p. S8356-S8358)

06/14/95     HARKIN, D-Iowa, amendment no. 1324, to combat
             telemarketing fraud through reasonable disclosure of
             certain records for telemarketing investigations, agreed
             to by voice vote. (see CR p.S8359) (CR p. S8358-S8359)

06/14/95     KERRY, D-Mass., modified amendment no. 1342, to prohibit
             redlining of any high-cost area or any area on the basis
             of rural location or the income of the resident of such
             area, agreed to by voice vote. (see CR p.S8360) (modified
             on pg. S8359) (CR p. S8359-S8360)

06/14/95     SIMON, D-Ill., modified amendment no. 1283, to revise the
             authority relating to Federal Communications Commission
             rules on radio ownership, pending at recess. (CR p.
             S8360)

06/14/95     HEFLIN, D-Ala., amendment no. 1367, to provide for a
             local exchange carrier to acquire cable systems, pending
             at recess. (CR p. S8360)

06/14/95     PRESSLER, R-S.D. (for DOLE, R-Kan.), amendment no. 1341,
             to strike the volume discounts provisions, pending at
             recess. (CR p. S8360-S8361)

06/14/95     WARNER, R-Va., modified amendment no. 1325, to require
             additional rules as a precondition to the authority for
             the Bell operating companies to engage in research and
             design activities relating to manufacturing, pending at
             recess. (modified on pg. S8363) (CR p. S8361-S8363)

06/14/95     LIEBERMAN, D-Conn., amendment no. 1298, to establish a
             determination of reasonableness of cable rates, pending
             at recess. (CR p. S8364-S8366)

06/14/95     ROCKEFELLER, D-W.Va., amendment no. 1292, to eliminate
             any possible jurisdictional question arising from the
             universal service references in the health care providers
             for rural areas provisions, pending at recess. (CR p.
             S8366-S8367)

06/14/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, modified amendment no. 1300, to
             promote competition in the provision of
             telecommunications services and to reduce the need for
             universal service support mechanisms, agreed to by voice
             vote. (see CR p.S8371) (modified on pg. S8370-S8371) (CR
             p. S8367-S8368, S8370-S8371)

06/14/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, amendment no. 1301, to modify the
             definition of LATA as it applies to commercial mobile
             services, agreed to by voice vote. (see CR p.S8370)
             (Subsequently, the amendment was modified on pg. S8378)
             (CR p. S8368-S8370, S8378)

06/14/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, amendment no. 1302, to provide
             interconnection rules for commercial mobile services
             providers, agreed to by voice vote. (see CR p.S8370) (CR
             p. S8368-S8370)

06/14/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, technical amendment no. 1304, agreed
             to by voice vote. (see CR p.S8370) (CR p. S8368-S8370)

06/14/95     INOUYE, D-Hawaii (for ROBB, D-Va.), amendment no. 1280,
             to establish restrictions on access by children to
             obscene and indecent material on electronic information
             networks open to the public, agreed to by unanimous
             consent. (see CR p.S8371) (CR p. S8368-S8369, S8371)

06/14/95     STEVENS, R-Alaska, and INOUYE, D-Hawaii, amendment no.
             1303, to ensure that resale of local services and
             functions is offered at an appropriate price for
             providing such services, pending at recess. (CR p. S8369)

06/14/95 LOTT, R-Miss., unanimous consent request providing for
         the further consideration of the bill and pending
         amendments, with votes to occur thereon, on Thursday,
         June 15, 1995. (CR p. S8378-S8379)

06/15/95  ** Scheduled action ** Senate floor:  may continue
          consideration

06/16/95  ** Scheduled action ** Senate floor:  may continue
          consideration