Legislative Updates

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned in late July for the summer recess period with plans to return to Washington on September 9. The House did not meet the goal of completing work on all 12 FY 2025 funding bills before the August break. The Senate […]

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 […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK When the House and Senate return to Washington from their February recess periods, they will have little time left to reach an agreement on the FY 2024 federal government budget legislation expected to exceed $1.7 trillion in order to avert a government shutdown. Negotiations are intensifying […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK On January 18, Congress avoided another federal government shutdown threat by passing phased legislation to secure temporary funding of departments and agencies through March 1 (for Agriculture, Energy & Water, Transportation-HUD, and Military Construction) and March 8 (for Commerce, Justice & Science; Financial Services and General […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK In January Congress will return to Washington facing a heavy, time-sensitive workload. In late December, despite delaying the start of their holiday break to continue negotiations, Senators were unable to agree on a framework for an FY 2024 supplemental funding package to provide aid to Ukraine […]