This initial authority for the FCC was set to expire on September 30, 1998, but was extended by Congress, and has been ...

A packed room and a busy agenda of items on the docket set the stage for the FCC’s July open meeting, where six different ...

Congress then granted auction authority to the Commission in 1993, and the FCC held its first spectrum auction in July 1994. Lapse in Authority Congress allowed the FCC’s auction authority to ...

WASHINGTON —Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is applauding the passage of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill and provisions of the bill that restore the FCC's auction ...

The Senate didn’t take up the House legislation but Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., last year backed a proposal that would renew the FCC’s authority through Dec. 31, 2025.

The Federal Communications Commission has regained its authority to hold spectrum auctions and could use that power to take ...

Congress may look to exert more control over the broader auction authority of the FCC, Flick believes. “Perhaps in the future, if there is ever an auction of FM spectrum the FCC might need to get ...

OBBBA restores the FCC’s general authority to auction spectrum through September 30, 2034. From that authorization, however, it carves out key frequency bands used by the U.S. Department of ...