Telecommunications Equipment Research and Manufacturing Competition Act of 1990

Summary

Telecommunications Equipment Research and Manufacturing Competition Act of 1989 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize any Bell telephone company to conduct research on, manufacture, and provide telecommunications equipment, notwithstanding current antitrust laws to the contrary, except that a Bell company may not engage in such manufacturing or provision, or both, through a joint manufacturing agreement with any other Bell telephone company. Requires any Bell company to conduct such activity through a subsidiary that is fully separate from any other entity owned or otherwise affiliated with any Bell company. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue rules to ensure that such subsidiary shall: (1) maintain separate accounts and records from the parent Bell company which identify all transactions with the parent company; (2) carry out directly its own marketing, sales, production, maintenance, manufacturing, and research and development relating to the equipment it provides, except for institutional advertising not related to specific telecommunications equipment; (3) conduct all of its manufacturing activity within the United States; (4) have no more than 90 percent of its equity owned by its parent company; (5) acquire all the debt necessary to finance itself from financial markets outside the operations of its parent company; and (6) operate at all times on an arms-length basis from any of its parent company's other businesses, including Bell's telecommunications services businesses. Requires the FCC to issue regulations requiring that any Bell company engaging in such activity must: (1) provide to other telecommunications equipment manufacturers opportunities to sell such equipment to itself or any of its affiliates which are comparable to the opportunities it provides to itself; and (2) not subsidize its fully separate subsidiary with revenues from its regulated telecommunications services.

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Timeline

1. 21 November 1989

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 November 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 25 April 1990

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Communications. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

4. 9 May 1990

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Communications. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-804.

   Source: Committee

5. 22 May 1990

   Reported

   Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

   Source: Committee

6. 29 June 1990

   Calendars

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 675.

   Source: Calendars

7. 29 June 1990

   Reported

   Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Hollings under the authority of the order of Jun 29, 90 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 101-355. Additional and minority views filed.

   Source: Committee

8. 29 June 1990

   Reported

   Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Hollings under the authority of the order of Jun 29, 90 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 101-355. Additional and minority views filed.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · undated · Official file
• Reported to Senate · undated · Official file

Documents

4 official files

• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 29 June 1990

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 21 November 1989

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Sponsors

• Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lott, Trent [R-MS-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] · D · Cosponsor
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