FULL COMMITTEE ACTION
TAKEN ON MARCH 16, 1994

Prepared by the Commerce Committee Democratic Staff
H.R. 3626: Antitrust and Communications Reform Act of 1994, was ORDERED FAVORABLY REPORTED, amended, by a voice vote.

The following amendments were offered:

An amendment in the nature of a substitute by Mr. Dingell, considered as original text for purposes of amendment, #1, was AGREED TO, as amended, by a voice vote;

An amendment to the Dingell amendment by Messrs. Oxley and Richardson, #1A, re: domestic manufacturing requirement, was NOT AGREED TO by a yea-nay vote: 18-25;

An amendment to the Dingell amendment by Mr. Synar, #1B, re: administration and enforcement resources, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment to the Dingell amendment by Mr. Barton, #1C, re: telemessaging services, was WITHDRAWN, with no objection;

An amendment to the Dingell amendment by Mr. Slattery, #1D, re: electronic publisher access, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment to the Dingell amendment by Mr. Richardson, #1E, re: equal employment opportunities, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment to the Dingell amendment by Messrs. Bryant and Bliley, #1F, re: application, was AGREED TO, as amended, by a voice vote;

An amendment to the Bryant/Bliley amendment by Messrs. Oxley, Barton, and Brown, #1Fa, was AGREED TO by a yea-nay vote: 34-10;

An amendment to the Dingell amendment by Mr. Slattery, #1G, re: manufacturing entry, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

Two amendments offered en bloc to the Dingell amendment by Mr. Markey, #1H, re: electronic publishing definitions, were AGREED TO by a voice vote.

H.R. 3636: National Communications Competition and Information Infrastructure Act of 1994, was ORDERED FAVORABLY REPORTED, AMENDED, by a yea-nay vote: 44-0.

The following amendments were offered:

Several amendments offered en bloc by Mr. Markey, #1, technical, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Swift, #2, re: universal broadband access, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Barton, #3, re: encryption leakage, was AGREED TO by a voice vote (a second amendment re: pin access, originally offered en bloc with this amendment was separated and withdrawn by unanimous consent);

An amendment by Mr. Swift, #4, re: joint board plan; public access, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Schaefer, #5, re: local fee parity, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Synar, #6, re: administration and enforcement resources, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Messrs. Synar and Boucher, #7, re: cross subsidies prohibition, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Moorhead, #8, re: video programming captions and descriptions, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Tauzin, #9, re: federal jurisdiction over direct broadcast satellite service, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Wyden, #10, re: rate protection for voice grade services, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Richardson, #11, re: extension of regulations to other high capacity systems, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Fields, #12, re: applicability to cable systems, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Messrs. Kreidler and Klug, #13, re: telecommunications services for educational institutions, health care facilities, and libraries, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Oxley, #14, re: establishment of video platform - dispute resolution, was WITHDRAWN by unanimous consent;

Two amendments offered en bloc by Mrs. Collins, #15, re: procurement practices and nonprofit and minority business competition, were AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Tauzin, #16, re: spectrum flexibility, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Boucher, #17, re: pole attachments, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Boucher, #18, re: expediting section 214 applications, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Boucher, #19, re: equal access compliance, was AGREED TO by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Tauzin, #20, re: alternative regulation, was AGREED TO by a voice vote.

The Committee adjourned subject to the call of the Chair

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