Pai to Testify at April 26 House Appropriations Subcommittee FCC Budget Hearing
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is to testify April 26 at a House Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee hearing on the agency's FY 2019 budget request, a committee GOP aide told us. House Appropriations hadn't officially noticed the hearing. The commission didn't…
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comment. The proposed budget for FY 2019 was about $322 million, down more than $21 million from the $343 million allocated in FY 2018 continuing appropriations but the same as the Trump administration’s proposed budget for the agency for that year. The Office of Inspector General’s budget would remain largely steady at $11 million (see 1802120037). The FCC reauthorization and spectrum legislative package (HR-4986), which Congress enacted as part of the $1.3 trillion FY 2018 omnibus spending bill (HR-1625), allocates the same combined amount to the FCC and OIG for FY 2019 and increases their combined budget by about $6.5 million for FY 2020 (see 1803210068, 1803220048 and 1803230038).