House Appropriations Advances FY25 Funding Bill with Anti-Net Neutrality Rider
The House Appropriations Committee advanced the Financial Services Subcommittee’s FY 2025 funding bill, which includes annual funding for the FCC and FTC. Lawmakers approved the measure on a 33-24 party-line vote Thursday night. The legislation increases the FCC’s annual allocation…
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to $416 million and decreases the FTC’s yearly money to $388.7 million (see 2406050067). Committee Democrats ultimately didn’t seek amendments aimed at removing riders from the funding bill that bar the FCC from using its allocation to implement its net neutrality and digital discrimination orders, as some lobbyists thought possible (see 2406130064). House Appropriations also voted 33-24 to advance the Legislative Branch Subcommittee’s FY25 funding bill, which includes $59.7 million for the Copyright Office.