House Appropriations Committee Clears FY 2019 Funding Bill for FCC, FTC
The House Appropriations Committee approved an FY 2019 budget bill Wednesday 28-20 without changes to proposed funding for the FCC and FTC. The Financial Services appropriations bill includes a combined $335 million for the FCC and its Office of Inspector…
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General and $311 million for the FTC. It still includes text of the House-passed Email Privacy Act (HR-387) after the committee voted down a proposed amendment from Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, that would have stripped out the section that included the privacy language. HR-387's Senate companion (S-1654) remains at an impasse because of opposition from Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas (see 1806110044). HR-387 lead sponsor Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., objected to Kaptur's amendment since it would remove the best chance for the Senate to pass the Email Privacy Act. The Financial Services appropriations bill also retains language from the Amateur Radio Parity Act (HR-555/S-1534), which would direct the FCC to extend its rule on reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications to include private land use restrictions (see 1707130039 and 1805240040).