House Republicans pushed forward their latest attack on the FCC...
House Republicans pushed forward their latest attack on the FCC net neutrality order. In a 27-21 vote Thursday, the Appropriations Committee approved the FY2012 appropriations bill on financial services and general government. Among its cuts and provisions, the bill bans…
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the FCC from using government funds to carry out the agency’s December net neutrality order, and trims the commission’s budget to $319 million, down $17 million from FY2011. The committee approved by voice vote a manager’s amendment by Financial Services Subcommittee Chairwoman Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., including provisions ordering reports on FCC privacy protection and the Office of Management and Budget’s intellectual property enforcement efforts. The committee also agreed by voice vote to an amendment by Rep. Steve Austria, R-Ohio, requiring the commission to pay attention to GPS interference issues. (See separate report in this issue.) Also at the markup, Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., said he has chosen Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., to sit on the House cybersecurity working group, which was recently established by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. The appropriations bill next moves to the House floor.