The House was expected to vote Thursday night...
The House was expected to vote Thursday night on a Commerce Department appropriations bill that would trim NTIA’s budget amid battles over Internet governance. HR-4660, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, would appropriate $36.7 million for NTIA,…
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less than the $51 million requested by the executive branch. The White House “opposes the funding reduction from the FY 2014 enacted level and the FY 2015 Budget request for NTIA,” which “would prevent NTIA from standing-up the Internet Policy Center to bolster the Administration’s Internet governance and policy efforts,” the Office of Management and Budget said Wednesday. Lawmakers also debated an amendment from Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., which would prevent the transition of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions to a global multistakeholder model. House Commerce Committee ranking member Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Communications Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., had circulated a Dear Colleague letter urging lawmakers to reject the amendment. The Internet Association and Information Technology Industry Council sent House leadership a letter (http://bit.ly/1jwznsO) Wednesday backing NTIA’s proposed transition and also slamming the Duffy amendment. The tech groups warned of “any disruption in resources” for NTIA’s transition. American for Tax Reform’s Digital Liberty sent a letter to Congress in support of the Duffy amendment.