The House Appropriations Committee Tues. reported out a multiagen...
The House Appropriations Committee Tues. reported out a multiagency FY06 funding bill that includes $290 million for the FCC. The measure, which authorizes funding for science, state, justice, commerce and related agencies, is expected to reach the House floor…
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next week. The bill attracted amendments, including a controversial provision by Rep. Northup (R-Ky) and opposed by House leadership, the House Ways and Means Committee and Justice Dept. that would pave the way for drug reimportation. The committee said in its report it was “disappointed” with the FCC’s budget request and directed the agency to submit a spending plan within 30 days of the bill’s enactment. The agency needs to show greater detail in its FY07 request about its “reprogramming notifications” in a manner “that promotes competition, innovation and deregulation in the communications industry.” The FCC made progress addressing concerns the committee had raised about FCC employees’ acceptance of travel payments from sources with business interests before the agency, the report said. But it added that the FCC should extend its ban on nongovt.-sponsored travel to all FCC employees. The committee also said it is “troubled” by problems uncovered in the universal service fund, and expects the FCC to give “high priority” to fight waste and fraud.