DIGITAL Reservations Act
United States116th CongressS-4331Senate
Updated: Jul 27, 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
Latest companion bill action
HR-7774: DIGITAL Reservations ActReferred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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