Rosenworcel, Bedoya to Get Wednesday Confirmation Hearing
The Senate Commerce Committee plans a Wednesday confirmation hearing for FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and FTC nominee Alvaro Bedoya, the panel said Wednesday. The hearing will also include assistant commerce secretary-oceans and atmosphere nominee Jainey Kumar Bavishi. The announcement confirms…
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expectations that Senate Commerce was splitting initial consideration of Rosenworcel from that of Democratic FCC nominee Gigi Sohn, who faces GOP opposition (see 2111100078). The committee is eyeing a Dec. 1 hearing for Sohn and NTIA administrator nominee Alan Davidson, lobbyists told us. Senate Commerce will vote Wednesday on National Institute of Standards and Technology director nominee Laurie Locascio, the Anti-Spoofing Penalties Modernization Act (S-594) and American Cybersecurity Literacy Act ([S-2699] and see 2107210064). Locascio emphasized during an October confirmation hearing NIST’s role in maintaining U.S. competitiveness in communications and other emerging technologies against China and other adversaries (see 2110200066). S-594, like a previous version filed in 2019 (see 1907170076), would double the minimum fine per instance of illegal spoofing to $20,000 and up the maximum penalty to $2 million from the current $1 million. It would also extend the statute of limitations for prosecuting spoofing violations to three years from two years. The markup begins at 10 a.m. in 253 Russell, with the confirmation hearing immediately afterward.