FY 2021 FCC Budget Estimate

For FY 2021, the Federal Communications Commission is requesting the following budget and personnel amounts:

• $343,070,000 in budget authority from regulatory fee offsetting collections. This request represents an increase of $4,070,000 or 1.2 percent from the FY 2020 appropriated level of $339,000,000.
• $134,495,000 in budget authority for the spectrum auctions program. This request represents an increase of $1,956,000 or 1.5 percent from the FY 2020 appropriated level of $132,539,000. To date, the FCC’s spectrum auctions program has generated over $117 billion for government use; at the same time, the total cost of the auctions program has been less than $2.1 billion or 1.7 percent of the total auctions’ revenue.
• 1,448 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) funded by budget authority from both regulatory fee offsetting collections and the spectrum auctions program. This FTE level is the same as the level enacted for FY 2020. With this FTE level, the Commission will continue to meet its mission demands in FY 2021.

The requests will support four goals:

1. Closing the Digital Divide
2. Promoting Innovation
3. Protecting Consumers and Public Safety
4. Reforming the FCC’s Processes