Senate Approps Seeks Less for NTIA Than House; FCC, FTC Level
Draft FY 2022 funding measures the Senate Appropriations Committee released Monday would give $387.5 million to the FCC, $384 million to the FTC and $80.6 million to NTIA. The proposed FCC appropriation is under 1% less than the House approved…
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(see 2107290061) and matches what President Joe Biden proposed in May. The proposed FTC funding is more than 1% less than the House and Biden seek (see 2105280055). The proposed NTIA money is 10% less than the House Appropriations Committee or Biden wants. The Patent and Trademark Office would get more than $4 billion, up more than 1% from what Biden and House Appropriations want. The National Institute of Standards and Technology would get $1.39 billion, up about 1% from what House Appropriations wants but more than 7% below what Biden proposes. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security would get $142.4 million, less than 1% below what House Appropriations seeks but on par with Biden’s budget request. DOJ’s Antitrust Division would get more than $201.1 million, on par with what Biden and House Appropriations want. CPB would get $565 million beginning in FY 2024, on par with what the House proposes. Biden wants to keep CPB’s funding level at $475 million. Senate Appropriations proposes including $30 million in the Department of Homeland Security’s FY 2022 allocation “to design initiatives to deliver a resilient 911 Ecosystem in discrete and usable segments.” DHS will collaborate with the FCC, NTIA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on that work.