roundtable: House Rules Committee Issues "Modified Closed Rule" on HR 1555

roundtable: House Rules Committee Issues "Modified Closed Rule" on HR 1555

House Rules Committee Issues "Modified Closed Rule" on HR 1555

Vigdor Schreibman - FINS (fins@access.digex.net)
Tue, 1 Aug 1995 19:56:20 -0400 (EDT) 

Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 19:56:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS <fins@access.digex.net>
To: tp roundtable - messages <roundtable@cni.org>
Subject: House Rules Committee Issues "Modified Closed Rule" on HR 1555
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FINS SPECIAL REPORT                                      August 1, 1995
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HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ISSUES "MODIFIED CLOSED RULE" ON HR 1555
Manager's Amendment and 7 Other Amendments In Order

Washington, DC--The House Rules Committee, this evening, issued its
resolution establishing a "modified closed rule" governing the debate on
H.R.1555--Communications Act of 1995. General debate on the bill is
limited to 90 minutes. A summary of the amendments made in order under the
rule for H.R. 1555, and the limitations on debate for each amendment include:

     1.1  Bliley (VA) or a designee--Manager's amendment.  30 minutes 

     2-1. Conyers (MI)--Amend section 101 to require approval by the
          Attorney General before a Bell operating company may enter 
          long distance or manufacturing.

     2-2. Stupak (MI)--Amend section 101 to preserve the authority of 
          local governments to control behavior in the public rights of way
          and to receive fair compensation for use of public property by
          commercial enterprise. 10 minutes. 

     2-3. Cox (CA), Wyden (OR)--Insert new section 104 protecting from 
          liability those providers and users seeking to clean up the
          Internet and prohibiting the FCC from imposing content or any
          regulation of the Internet.  20 minutes

     2-4. Markey (MA), Shays (CT)  #3--Amend various parts of section 
          202 dealing with cable rate and service regulation.  30 minutes. 

     2-5. Markey (MA) #2--Amend section 302 by striking sec. 337(b)(1) 
          and inserting a new sec. 337(b)(1) which limits television and 
          broadcasting ownership to 35% of an aggregate national audience
          reach.  30 minutes. 

     2-6. Markey (MA), Burton (IN), Spratt (SC), Moran (VA) #1--Insert 
          a new section 304 requiring the establishment of a television
          rating code and the manufacturing, shipping and importing of
          televisions that can block programs (through the use of a
          "V-Chip").  30 minutes. 

     2-7. Coburn (OK),--Insert a new section 304 dealing with family 
          viewing empowerment and the encouragement of the broadcasting
          industry in rating, evaluating and reporting on the programs made
          available to the viewing public.  30 minutes. 

   No schedule has been fixed at this time for bringing H.R. 1555 up on
the floor.  This will depend upon working through H.R. 2127, FY 1996
Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act, which is stalled. 

Vigdor Schreibman - FINS <fins@access.digex.net>

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