A bill to expedite and streamline the deployment of affordable broadband service on Tribal land, and for other purposes.
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-359.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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