ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, October 14, 1995                   TAG: 9510170015
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short


REP. BOUCHER NAMED TO PANEL TO RECONCILE BILLS

Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Abingdon, has been named to a conference committee that will reconcile differences between the telecommunications bills passed this year by the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Conferees will draft a final version of the bill in the next few weeks, he said. He predicted passage before the end of the year.

Boucher predicted the new bill would advance the nation's information infrastructure by giving communications companies reasons to quickly install fiber-optic lines, high-capacity switches and other broadband technologies.



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