Legislative Update

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK As the U.S. Presidential election season accelerates this summer, it is unclear how many bills will be advanced by Congress in the limited amount of remaining work days on the legislative calendar. House Republicans face a challenging summer session, given their plans to pass all 12 […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Congress completed work in May on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization legislation before breaking for the Memorial Day recess, and President Biden signed the bill into law. When Congress returns to Washington in early June, its remaining major legislative work will include the annual National […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK After months of negotiations, Congress passed and President Biden signed into law a supplemental $95 billion foreign aid package providing funding to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The package also imposed new sanctions against Russia, China, and Iran. The national security “sidecar” portion of the package added […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK The U.S. Congress finally completed the two-phase, contentious federal government funding process for FY 2024 on March 22, just prior to the start of a two-week spring recess period and almost halfway through the current fiscal year. President Biden signed the FY 2024 spending legislation into […]