This has been in the works for quite some time, way before Insane The First came to power.
Did the plan include blind-siding both the FAA and the aviation industry? To make the needed 800,000 406 MHz ELTs would take 2-3 years, not two months. The cost of $ 1,200 installed is a cost not easily borne by general aviation (this on top of removing the now useless LORAN receivers). No, Obama's FCC is another new internal terrorist organization. They ARE planning to regulate the Internet, too.