Lewis F. Payne Jr.(D)

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require that substantial rate increases in rates charged by cable television operators be subject to approval by local regulatory authorities.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to purchase certain land for addition to the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway in the State of Wisconsin.

To amend General Note 3(a)(iv) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to deny special tariff treatment to goods of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands unless certain conditions are met, to require the Secretary of Labor to assign a full-time resident compliance officer to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.

To modify the boundary of Appomattox National Historical Park.

To authorize the National Park Service to provide funding to assist in the restoration, reconstruction, rehabilitation, preservation, and maintenance of the historic buildings known as "Poplar Forest" in Bedford County, Virginia, designed, built, and lived in by Thomas Jefferson, and for other purposes.