The Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations...

The Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2015 (HR-4660) is tentatively scheduled for debate on the House floor sometime next week, said a House Republican leadership aide. The House Rules Committee approved the bill for full House consideration Monday (http://bit.ly/1jSepUY). That bill would provide $36.7 million for the NTIA, below the $51 million the executive branch requested (http://1.usa.gov/1iT4f6q). The funding would not include money for NTIA’s plan to transition the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, which many Republicans have criticized, the appropriations committee has said. Some Internet governance experts see HR-4660 as potentially more damaging to NTIA’s transition plan than the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act, which passed the House Commerce Committee May 8 (CD May 9 p10).