Congress May Not Pass Infrastructure, Funding Bills This Week: Biden
Congress “may not” be able to pass before the end of the week the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (HR-3684), Build Back Better Act budget reconciliation package and a continuing resolution to fund the FCC and other federal agencies…
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past Thursday (HR-5305), President Joe Biden told reporters Monday. The House began debate Monday on HR-3684, which includes $65 billion for broadband but won’t vote on it until Thursday. The House Budget Committee voted 20-17 Saturday to advance the Build Back Better Act, which includes $10 billion for next-generation 911, $4 billion for the FCC Emergency Connectivity Fund and language to authorize an FCC auction of at least 200 MHz of the 3.1-3.45 GHz band (see 2109140063). The Senate was to have voted Monday night on invoking cloture on the House-passed HR-5305; Republicans were expected to have voted against the CR because it includes language to suspend the debt ceiling until Dec. 16, 2022. HR-5305 would allocate $77.6 million for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration to implement tech upgrades to 988 suicide prevention hotline call centers (see 2109240070).