House Appropriations to Vote on FY26 Bills Funding NTIA, Ending CPB Money
The House Appropriations Committee said Friday it plans to vote this week on FY 2026 funding bills covering NTIA and other Commerce Department agencies and omit further allocations for CPB. The panel will vote Tuesday on the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee’s funding bill, which lacks language to restore any of the $1.1 billion in federal money for CPB that Congress clawed back in July via the 2025 Rescissions Act (see 2509030065). The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. in 2359 Rayburn.
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House Appropriations will vote Wednesday on the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee’s FY26 bill, which would cut NTIA’s annual funding (see 2507150086) to $47 million, mirroring President Donald Trump's request in June (see 2506020056). That's 20% less than NTIA got for FY 2024 and FY 2025 (see 2403040083). House Appropriations CJS calls for giving the National Institute of Standards and Technology $1.28 billion, the Patent Office slightly less than $5 billion and the DOJ Antitrust Division $310 million. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in 2359 Rayburn.