Congress 116 - HR 5850 - Bridging the Tribal Digital Divide Act of 2020

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Department of the Interior Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Federal-Indian relations Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Indian lands and resources rights Indian social and development programs Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Land use and conservation Minority and disadvantaged businesses Native Americans Public participation and lobbying Rural conditions and development Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication

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Bridging the Tribal Digital Divide Act of 2020

This bill establishes an interagency coordination program for tribal access to broadband service and further expands broadband access on tribal land, including by setting aside certain funds for its deployment and establishing a pilot program for tribes to grant rights-of-way for the construction, maintenance, and facilitation of broadband service on their land.

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Feb 25, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Feb 21, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Feb 11, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 11, 2020

Introduced in House

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