COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky JAMES M. COLLINS, Texas RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina NORMAN F. LENT, New York JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York EDWARD R. MADIGAN, Illinois RICHARD L. OTTINGER, New York CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California HENRY A. WAXMAN, California MATTHEW J. RINALDO, New Jersey TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado DAVE STOCKMAN, Michigan PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana MARC L. MARKS, Pennsylvania JAMES J. FLORIO, New Jersey TOM CORCORAN, Illinois ANTHONY TOBY MOFFETT, Connecticut GARY A. LEE, New York JIM SANTINI, Nevada TOM LOEFFLER, Texas WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California W. E. WILLIAMSON, Chief Clerk and Staff Director BRIAN R. MOIR, Professional Staff SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California, Chairman JOHN M. MURPHY, New York JAMES M. COLLINS, Texas TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina MARTY RUSSO, Illinois CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts MARC L. MARKS, Pennsylvania RONALD M. MOTTL, Ohio SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio AL SWIFT, Washington (Ex Officio) THOMAS A. LUKEN, Ohio ALBERT GORE, JR., Tennessee HARLEY 0. STAGGERS, West Virginia (Ex Officio) HARRY M. SHOOSHAN III, Staff Director/Counsel (II) LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D.C., April 30, 1979. Hon. HARLEY 0. 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. CONTENTS II. “Section 214” of the Interstate Commerce Act---- III. The Communications Version of Section I(18)-(22). 2. International common carrier. B. Section 214 of the Communications Act.. a. Mackay Radio and Telegraph Co.--- b. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co------ C. American Telephone and Telegraph Co----- 2. International common carrier- C. FCC v. RCA Communications Inc--- V. The Implementation of Policy ---- b. Local distribution facilities.. (1) Specialized common carrier services.. (2) Packet Communications Inc-- B. International common carrier--- 1. The first transatlantic cable authorizations.- 2. The global satellite legislation. 3. The system planning concept.. |