Senate Appropriators Ready To Mark Up FY 2017 FCC Funding Bill This Week
Senate appropriators plan to unveil and mark up FY 2017 FCC and FTC funding this week. The Senate Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee will mark up its FY 2017 legislation 10 a.m. Wednesday in 138 Dirksen, and on Thursday the full…
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Appropriations Committee will mark up the bill at 10:30 a.m. in 106 Dirksen. Financial Services Subcommittee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., told us he’s likely to include language on preserving broadcaster joint sales agreements despite a media ownership court ruling removing FCC limits on them (see 1605260056) and is weighing whether to include riders mandating a set-top box proceeding pause (see 1606020070) and a ban on broadband rate regulation (see 1604070063). He predicted the bill may not see Senate floor time until July (see 1605190050). The House Appropriations Committee included riders on all those issues and cleared its FY 2017 Financial Services bill last week in a divided partisan vote (see 1606090057).