Biden Signs CR Extending FCC, Other Agencies' Funding into Early Months of Trump Presidency
President Joe Biden signed off Saturday on the continuing resolution that will extend appropriations to the FCC and other federal agencies through March 14 (HR-10545), as expected (see 2412200062). The Senate voted 85-11 for the CR early Saturday morning, after…
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House passage of the measure Friday evening. The measure lacks language from the NTIA Reauthorization Act (HR-4510) and several other telecom and tech bills that congressional leaders included in a more expansive CR proposal earlier last week (see 2412170081). It contains an extension of some temporary rules changes around Medicare recipients’ eligibility for telehealth services, which Congress enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic (see 2006150032).