Pocan, Other House Democrats Oppose FCC USF Budget Cap NPRM
Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin led a letter with House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina and 12 other House Democrats Tuesday to the FCC raising concerns with the NPRM to establish new budget caps on the USF (see…
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1905310069). The agency has extended the comment deadline to July 29, with replies to Aug. 26 (see 1907050023). Others signing on: Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, Cindy Axne of Iowa, Sanford Bishop of Georgia, Cheri Bustos of Illinois, G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina, T.J. Cox of California, Angie Craig of Minnesota, Ro Khanna of California, Ron Kind of Wisconsin, Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Peter Welch of Vermont. They urged Chairman Ajit Pai and the other commissioners “not to establish an overall [USF] cap … or combine the cap of any USF programs, consistent with” the House's voice vote last month to approve Pocan's amendment to the FY 2020 budget bill containing funding for the FCC and FTC (HR-3351) that would prohibit the FCC from instituting an overall USF budget cap (see 1906260081). “Imposing an overall cap on the USF would unnecessarily cut funding” to the programs, the lawmakers said. “As you acknowledge” in the NPRM “the programs currently operate with caps or targeted budgets.” The agency is reviewing the letter, a spokesperson said Wednesday.