John Eggerton at Multichannel News reports that on Wed. March 21 Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski and senior Republican commissioner Robert McDowell will testify in front of the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government about the FCC's budget. The FCC's current $354.2 million budget is paid for by user fees and fines it collects. It is proposing a $346.8 million budget for 2013. "If the White House has its way, it could collect more money through spectrum fees, which the FCC once proposed might be a way to nudge some broadcasters toward giving up their spectrum for auction. But if past is prologue, the spectrum fees will wind up on the cutting-room floor after Congress has its say," Eggerton writes. On Wed., March 21, the FCC is also expected to announce a window for non-profit organizations to apply for low-power FM stations this fall. Read the full story at Multichannel News.