The House Passed an Appropriations Bill. With a Message for the FCC.

On June 26, the US House of Representatives passed the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act (H.R. 3351) -- an appropriations bill that provides fiscal year 2020 funding for a variety of departments and independent agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission. The massive bill passed with many amendments. It includes amendments that would: block Universal Service Fund changes, undo an FCC apartment-building broadband wiring item, compel the FCC to provide Congress with an update into its investigation of the sale of geolocation data by wireless carriers to third-party aggregators, and increase funding for rural broadband infrastructure. While the bill and its amendments could be tweaked or defeated in the Senate, or face a veto from President Donald Trump, the bill still sends a message to the FCC and Chairman Ajit Pai: we're not happy with the direction of the Pai FCC.