Congress 116 - HR 7774 - DIGITAL Reservations Act

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Census and government statistics Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Disaster relief and insurance Economic development Educational facilities and institutions Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Emergency communications systems Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Federal-Indian relations Government trust funds Health facilities and institutions Indian lands and resources rights Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Land use and conservation Libraries and archives Licensing and registrations Native Americans Natural disasters Public contracts and procurement Radio spectrum allocation Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication

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Deploying the Internet by Guaranteeing Indian Tribes Autonomy over Licensing on Reservations Act or the DIGITAL Reservations Act

This bill grants Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations with exclusive rights to all available or unlicensed electromagnetic spectrum over their tribal lands and prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from taking specified actions related to spectrum licenses over tribal lands. It also requires the FCC to establish a fund to support tribal access to broadband and telecommunications services.

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Aug 21, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Jul 24, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Jul 24, 2020

Introduced in House

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