3.0.0 535 2022-02-03T05:27:50Z 2022-02-03T05:27:50Z Senate S S 2005-03-07 109 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred to 2005-03-07T19:43:27Z 2005-03-07 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2151-2152) IntroReferral 2005-03-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2150-2151) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN N C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2005-03-07 True Native Americans Auditing Block grants Civil actions and liability Colleges Commemorations Computer literacy Computers Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Economics and Public Finance Education Employee training Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to education Federal-Indian relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government statistics Health Higher education Historic sites History Indian education Indian lands Information technology Internet Labor and Employment Land transfers Law Leases Minorities Minority education Performance measurement Planning Science, Technology, Communications Student employment Technical education Telecommunication systems Telemedicine Telephone Native Americans 00 2005-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-17T19:48:15Z Native American Connectivity Act - Establishes within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration a Native American telecommunications block grant program to provide grants on a competitive basis to an Indian tribe or organization, tribal college or university, or institution of higher education acting jointly with an Indian tribe to carry out activities for the development of telecommunications capacities in Indian country.

Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide training and technical assistance grants to: (1) facilitate local use and maintenance of new telecommunications technologies; (2) develop and implement telecommunications and information technology (TCIT) work study programs and related education, development, planning, and management programs; (3) develop a training program for telecommunications employees; or (4) provide assistance to students who participate in TCIT programs.

Provides for: (1) fiscal year block grant set-asides for the training and technical assistance grants; (2) Comptroller General audits of grant fund uses; (3) environmental compliance in the development of telecommunications facilities; and (4) remedies for noncompliance with block grant requirements.

]]> Native American Connectivity Act Short Titles as Introduced Native American Connectivity Act Display Title Native American Connectivity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish grant programs for the development of telecommunications capacities in Indian country. Introduced in Senate 2005-03-07T05:00:00Z 2005-03-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2151-2152) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.