Biden Signs FY23 Omnibus Extending FCC Auction Authority Through March 9
President Joe Biden signed the FY 2023 appropriations omnibus package (HR-2617) Thursday night, formally extending the FCC’s spectrum auction authority through March 9. Capitol Hill passed the short-term reauthorization after the leaders of the House and Senate Commerce committees weren’t…
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able to attach the Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act (see 2212190069), a package of modified language from the upper chamber's version of the Spectrum Innovation Act (S-4117) and other related measures, to the omnibus. Senate Commerce leaders are divided on whether they will be able to advance the legislative package largely in its December form in the next Congress (see 2212270029). The omnibus includes increases in federal funding for the FCC, FTC, NTIA, other Commerce Department agencies, the DOJ Antitrust Division and CPB (see 2212210077).