AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REFORM ACT DENTON AMENDMENT NO. 2715

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Approved For Release 2008/12/11: CIA-RDP89B00236R000200160003-2 S 1642 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE S. RES. 352 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate hereby is authorized and directed to pay, from the contingent fund of the Senate, to Joyce L. Thiss, widow of George R. Thiss III, an employee of the Senate at the time of his death, a sum equal to five months' compensation at the rate he was re- ceiving by law at the time of his death, said sum to be considered inclusive of funeral ex- penses and all other allowances. SENATE RESOLUTION 353-RE- LATING TO UNIVERSAL BASIC TELEPHONE SERVICE Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. FORD, Mr. EXON, and Mr. INOUYE) submitted the following resolution which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transpor- tation: S. RES. 353 Whereas the telecommunications industry is in a state of transition due to organiza- tional changes in the industry as well as technological advances and rapidly develop- ing competition; Whereas it is essential that affordable basic telephone service remain universally available during and after this transition; Whereas efforts now underway that are intended to provide long-run benefits to in- dividual consumers and to the U.S. economy generally, may have a negative effect on universal service; and - Whereas, the sudden transition to new pricing levels, mechanisms and structures for a variety of telecommunications serv- ices-including local access, special access, and OCC access-may threaten the viability of alternative networks, the vitality of inter- exchange competition, and the maintenance of universal service. Now, therefore be it resolved that it is the sense of the United States Senate, That 1. A proper balance of the public interest requires a reliance on sound economic prin- ciples and open marketplace competition only to the extent it does not jeopardize the universal availability of affordable basic telephone service of adequate quality; 2. The Federal Communications Commis- sion should institute no flat end user charges for residential and single line busi- ness customers until it throughly docu- ments that such charges will not threaten universal basic telephone service and sub- mits the results of its study to the Senate in sufficient advance time to enable the Senate to exercise its oversight function. If pro- posed, such changes shall not be implement- ed before June, 1985. 3. If the Commission implements flat end user charges after completing the study called for above, it shall at the same time, in conjunction with the states ensure the insti- tution of reduced cost basic telephone or lifeline service for those people who other- wise would not be able to afford basic tele- phone services and it shall exempt such people from the obligation to pay any flat end user charge adopted by the Commis- sion. Devise and implement a plan, whereby rural small telephone companies with high costs will receive necessary additional assist- ance in excess of that which the Commis- sion had announced in July 1983 for such companies, in order to ensure affordable basic telephone service to their customers; Carefully review the tariffs for interex- change telecommunications services that are filed to carry out the Commission's action to ensure that the prices for such services are reduced to the maximum extent possible: 4. If the Commission finds, after thorough and scrupulous review, that there are justi- fied significant changes in the pricing levels, mechanisms and structures for telecommu- nications services-including local access, special access, and OCC access-the Com- mission shall implement such changes in a gradual transition, in order to minimize the impact of the viability of alternative net- works, the vitality of competition, and the maintenance of universal service. According- ly, if the Commission shall impose flat end user charges on residential and single-line business customers, those charges shall not exceed $4 per month per line prior to 1990 and the implementation of the charges rising to the $4 level shall be phased in gradually. The Commission shall not consid- er any further increases in the charges before additional study and Congressional oversight in the light of facts developed during the transition period between 1984 and 1990. Also, the Commission shall expand the exemption from surcharges on private line surcharges to include those users who appropriately verify that they do not interconnect with the public switched telephone network. ? Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, today I am introducing a sense of the Senate resolution regarding the con- tinuing transition in telecommunica- tions, particularly, the effort by the Federal Communications Commission to phase out the so-called long dis- tance subsidy of local fixed costs and to substitute a so-called access charge on all local customers. I am joined by Senators FORD, EXON, and INOUYE. On January 26, 1984, the Senate agreed to table a motion to proceed to S. 1660, a bill to impose a 2-year mora- torium on access charges on residen- tial and small business telephone cus- tomers. While I had earlier supported a legislative response to the Commis- sion, I argued during Senate considera- tion that recent actions by the FCC made legislation, at least for the time being, unnecessary. In'obvious response to congressional concern, the Commission tentatively agreed on January 19, and confirmed on January 25, to postpone access charges, to mandate a mechanism to insure lifeline service for the poor, and to address other concerns expressed here. As recently as last week, the Commission issued a memorandum opinion and order in furtherance of its January decision. We are introducing this resolution to make clear our in- tention to hold the Commission to its word. I do 'want to emphasize, however, that this resolution does not address the matter of restoring the pension portability rights of the employees of the former Bell System. That is some- thing that we must correct through legislation. I am committed to doing that and I know so are many others in- cluding Senators FORD, EXON, RIEGLE, and PACKWOOD. Mr. President, we will continue to exercise our powers of oversight over the Commission-to insure that uni- versal service is maintained, and to insure as best we can that this pro- February 23, 1984 found change in the telecommunica- tions industry works well for consum- ers, both business and residential, the industry and its many workers, and the Nation as a whole.* AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REFORM ACT DENTON AMENDMENT NO. 2715 (Ordered to lie on the table.) Mr. DENTON submitted an amend- ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill (S. 774) entitled the "Free- dom of Information Reform Act"; as follows: On page 16, line 24, strike out "or". On page 17, line 6, strike out all after "functions" and insert in lieu thereof "func- tions; or". On page 17, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following: "(12) related to the investigation of terror- ism or concerned with foreign counterintel- ligence operations.". On page 17, strike out lines 8 through 15 and insert in lieu thereof the following: SEC. 12. Section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out the second sentence thereof. KENNEDY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2716 Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. LAXALT, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. EAST, Mr. DENTON, Mr. MOYNIHAN and Mr. CHILES) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 52) to combat violent and major crime by es- tablishing a Federal offense for con- tinuing a career of robberies or burg- laries while armed and providing a mandatory sentence of life imprison- ment; as follows: (1) On page 5, strike line 3 and insert in lieu thereof the following: "of a robbery or burglary offense which may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, or"; (2) On page 5, strike line 12 and insert in lieu thereof the following: "(c) The offense referred to in subsection (b) of"; (3) On page 7, line 9, add "and" aft, "way;" (4) On page 7, line 11, delete "; and" at insert a period after "person"; and (5) On page 7, strike section 4(c). EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT AMENDMENTS PERCY AMENDMENTS NO. 2717 THROUGH 2720 (Ordered to lie on the table.) Mr. PERCY submitted four amend- ments intended to be proposed by him to the bill (S. 979) to amend and reauthorize the Export Administration Act of 1979; as follows: AMENDMENT No. 2717 On page 41, strike out line 7. Approved For Release 2008/12/11: CIA-RDP89B00236R000200160003-2