COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina ANTHONY TOBY MOFFETT, Connecticut JIM SANTINI, Nevada ANDREW MAGUIRE, New Jersey MARTY RUSSO, Illinois EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts THOMAS A. LUKEN, Ohio DOUG WALGREN, Pennsylvania ALBERT GORE, JR., Tennessee BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland RONALD M. MOTTL, Ohio PHIL GRAMM, Texas AL SWIFT, Washington MICKEY LELAND, Texas RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina MARC L. MARKS, Pennsylvania WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Hon. HARLEY O. STAGGERS, Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Attached is a staff study on the legislative history of section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934. The study is the product of 9 months of extensive research and drafting by Kathleen Casey, minority staff assistant, under the supervision of Ronald D. Coleman, associate minority counsel. The study details the history of the development and application of the provisions of section 214, tracing its origin to railroad legislation. It would be very useful to the members of the committee to publish this study as a committee print, especially since section 214 is a major element of current common carrier regulation that our subcommittee is reviewing during consideration of comprehensive communications legislation. Sincerely, LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, Chairman, Subcommittee on Communications. (III) CONTENTS Page 2. The global satellite legislation___ |