FCC auction authority extended to Dec. 16, NG911 funding fate unknown: As expected, President Joe Biden on Friday signed the continuing resolution bill passed by Congress that averted a federal-government shutdown and extended the FCC’s authority to conduct spectrum auction until Dec. 16, potentially leaving an opportunity for next-generation 911 (NG911) funding to be attached to a lengthier extension.

House members voted 230-201 on Friday to approve the funding legislation passed earlier in the week by the Senate, and Biden quickly signed the bill into law just hours before the midnight deadline on Sept. 30, after which the federal government would have been shut down.