FULL COMMITTEE ACTION
TAKEN ON THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1995

Prepared by the Commerce Committee Democratic Staff

H.R. 1555: Communications Act of 1995, was ORDERED FAVORABLY REPORTED, AMENDED, by a yea-nay vote: 38-5.

The following amendments were offered:

An amendment by Mr. Boucher, #17, re: good faith negotiation, was ADOPTED by a voice vote;

En bloc amendments by Mr. Bliley, #18, re: interim entry, dialing parity, and out-of-region, were ADOPTED by a voice vote;

An amendment to the Bliley en bloc amendments by Mr. Klug, #18A, re: intralata toll dialing parity, was DEFEATED by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Markey, #19, re: appropriations authorization, was ADOPTED by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Towns, #20, re: interlata alarm services, was DEFEATED by a yea-nay vote: 9-30;

An amendment by Mr. Bryant, #21, re: separate subsidiary, was ADOPTED by a yea-nay vote: 29-15, after being amended by an Oxley unanimous consent request to delete sec. 4 on page 2 of the amendment (separate commercial activities), which was agreed to with no objection;

An amendment by Mr. Stupak, #22, re: removal of barriers to entry, was WITHDRAWN with no objection;

An amendment by Mr. Crapo, #23, re: video platform, was WITHDRAWN with no objection;

An amendment by Ms. Eshoo, #24, re: cable equipment compatibility, was ADOPTED by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Markey, #25, re: uniform rate structure, was DEFEATED by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Klink, #26, re: low power television, was DEFEATED by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Markey, #27, re: cable regulation, was DEFEATED by a yea-nay vote: 14-32;

An amendment by Mr. Stearns, #28, re: broadcast ownership, was ADOPTED by a yea-nay vote: 34-13;

An amendment to the Stearns amendment by Mr. Markey, #28A, re: limitations on commission rulemaking authority, was DEFEATED by a yea-nay vote: 21-26;

An amendment to the Stearns amendment by Mr. Markey, #28B, re: local cross-media ownership limits, was DEFEATED by a yea-nay vote: 15-32;

An amendment by Mr. Oxley, #29, re: foreign investment and ownership, was ADOPTED by a voice vote;

An amendment by Mr. Barton, #30, re: commercial mobile services interconnection, was WITHDRAWN with no objection;

An amendment by Mr. Stupak, #31, re: stations without individual licenses, was WITHDRAWN with no objection;

An amendment by Mr. Barton, #32, re: new title VI -- small business complaint procedure, was ADOPTED by a voice vote, after being amended by a Barton unanimous consent request to add, in line 3 after "resulted", "as a result of the violation";

An amendment by Mr. Studds, #33, re: new title VII -- line standers, was ruled NOT GERMANE.

The Committee adjourned subject to the call of the chair

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