The list-swapping flap that has stalled public broadcasting's reauthorization measure in the House Telecommunications Subcommittee apparently has had no effect on the appropriations committee's willingness to fund CPB at its current levels.

Broadcasting & Cable, September, 1999

Last week, a House Appropriations subcommittee passed a bill that would grant the forward-funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting $340 million for fiscal year 2002, which is $10 million less than the Clinton administration asked for. CPB is funded for $250 million in FY99, $300 million in FY00, and $340 million in FY01.

The subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, which decides CPB's appropriations, also approved $10 million for public broadcasting's conversion to digital.