Schumer Files CR Text Renewing FCC Spectrum Auction Authority Through Dec. 16
A continuing resolution to extend federal appropriations past Friday that Senate Democratic leaders bowed Monday includes a renewal of the FCC’s spectrum auction authority through Dec. 16, as expected (see 2209210076). Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., filed the CR…
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as an amendment to shell bill HR-6833. The chamber was to vote Tuesday night on invoking cloture on the motion to proceed to the proposed CR amid questions about whether it would get support from 60 senators needed to clear that threshold. Former FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly hailed the breakthrough as “good news.” Now “policymakers can take requisite time, usually up to a year or more, to build a long awaited spectrum pipeline law,” he tweeted Tuesday. “While it's not enough long term, it at least kicks the can and avoids a lapse in authority,” tweeted R Street Institute Technology & Innovation Policy Counsel Jonathan Cannon.