Redl, Heads of NIST, PTO to Testify at Senate Appropriations DOC Budget Hearing

NTIA Administrator David Redl is among those set to testify at a Tuesday Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Commerce's FY 2020 budget request. President Donald Trump's administration proposed more than $42.4 million in funding for NTIA. That’s up from the more than $33 million proposed in FY 2019 and the $39.5 million ultimately allocated (see 1903180063). The hearing will begin at 2 p.m. in G50 Dirksen, the Senate Appropriations Committee said. Also scheduled to testify are National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Walter Copan and Patent and Trademark Office Director Andrei Iancu. The Trump administration proposed allocating $955.58 million to NIST and $3.45 billion to PTO.