DIGITAL Reservations Act
United States116th CongressHR-7774House of Representatives
Updated: Aug 21, 2020
Summary
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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Timeline
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S-4331: DIGITAL Reservations ActRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in House
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.
House of Representatives
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
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