House Republicans are preparing a bill to increase oversight of...
House Republicans are preparing a bill to increase oversight of the broadband stimulus program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In a hearing notice circulated Thursday, Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., said he plans to circulate a draft…
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bill before a hearing Thursday about Recovery Act broadband spending. The draft bill “would increase accountability for this spending to return unused or reclaimed broadband stimulus funds to the U.S. Treasury,” Walden said. The hearing is at 10 a.m., in Room 2322, Rayburn House Office Building. Also Thursday, the House Oversight Committee plans hearing on “regulatory impediments to job creation.” The hearing is 9:30 a.m. in HVC 210, Capitol Visitors Center. In December and January, the committee’s Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sent NAB, USTelecom and other industry groups letters asking which current and proposed federal regulations would harm job growth. He plans to make the responses and his analysis public by Friday, he said last month (CD Jan 25 p8).