3.0.0 2205 2023-01-11T13:39:08Z 2023-01-11T13:39:08Z Senate S 2017-12-07 115 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred to 2017-12-07T17:25:34Z Tribal Connect Act of 2018 115 5661 HR 2018-04-27 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2017-12-07 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-12-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2017-12-07 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2018-04-25 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-08-20 False Native Americans Educational technology and distance education Indian social and development programs Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Libraries and archives Performance measurement Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication Native Americans 00 2017-12-07 Introduced in Senate 2018-07-13T16:19:58Z Tribal Connect Act of 2017

This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to expand the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support (E-rate) program to include support for Indian tribal libraries that are eligible for support under the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), without regard to whether the libraries are eligible for assistance from state library administrative agencies under the LSTA. The E-rate program provides discounted telecommunications services to certain schools and libraries.

The Federal Communications Commission must establish a pilot Tribal Anchor Institution Program to provide E-rate support to tribes for institutions that are not schools or libraries, such as community centers. E-rate support may be provided to institutions designated by tribes if: (1) the tribes do not have existing libraries that are eligible for E-rate support; (2) the institutions are exclusively owned by the tribes; and (3) the institutions intend to deliver publicly available Internet access to students, teachers, librarians, and community members for educational purposes.

]]> Tribal Connect Act of 2017 Display Title Tribal Connect Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Tribal Connect Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve access by Indian tribes to support from the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support program (E-rate) of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2205is/xml/BILLS-115s2205is.xml 2017-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 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.