Broadband May Impact NTIA Reauthorization, Lawmakers Say

As a group of bipartisan lawmakers on the House Energy & Commerce Committee push for a reauthorization of National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s statutory tools for the first time since 1993, the diverse number of broadband expansion programs under the agency’s purview could influence reauthorization costs and specifics. As lawmakers become more hesitant about continuing audio-only provisions permanently beyond the omnibus extension, rural patients need broadband over the next couple of years to furnish audio-video appointments. E&C oversight subcommittee on...