The Senate has released a $1.7 trillion fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill, but it does not include long-term auction authority reauthorization for the Federal Communications Commission.
Instead, the bill, which will fund the federal government for the coming year, gives the FCC an additional three months of auction authority, through March 9, 2023—essentially giving Congress a few more months to work out where to go from here.
Government funding is set to expire as of Friday evening, so the bill is on a tight timeline for approval in order to avert a government shutdown.
