FCC Officials, IG Nominee to Testify Next Week; Senate Commerce Plans Markup
FCC officials and nominees will testify next week at Senate Commerce Committee and House Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee hearings, those committees said. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel will testify at House Appropriations Financial Services’ Wednesday hearing on…
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the commission’s FY 2021 budget request. President Donald Trump’s administration proposes just over $343 million in funding for the FCC, including $11.3 million for its Office of Inspector General (see 2002100056). That’s just over a 1 percent increase from the amount appropriated for FY 2020 and 2 percent more than the $335.6 million the Trump administration proposed last year. The hearing begins at 10 a.m. in H-309 in the Capitol. Pai and Rosenworcel are also expected to testify at a to-be-announced Senate Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee hearing on the FCC’s approved plan for an auction of spectrum on the 3.7-4.2 GHz C band (see 2003030064). IG nominee Chase Johnson will be among three nominees to testify at a Wednesday Senate Commerce confirmation hearing. Trump nominated Johnson in January to lead the watchdog office (see 2001280056). Assistant Transportation Secretary-Transportation Policy Finch Fulton and NOAA Director-nominee Neil Jacobs also will testify. The panel begins immediately after Senate Commerce completes a 10 a.m. markup that includes the Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand (Access Broadband) Act. S-1046 and House-passed companion HR-1328 would establish the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth within NTIA (see 1904050059). Two other tech bills are on the agenda -- reauthorization of the 2006 Undertaking Spam, Spyware And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act (S-3132) and the Industries of the Future Act (S-3191). The markup begins at 10 a.m. The session and confirmations hearing are in 253 Russell.