3.0.0 3666 2023-01-11T13:42:43Z 2023-01-11T13:42:43Z Senate S 2020-05-07 116 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred to 2020-05-07T19:54:49Z COVID–19 DISASTER in Indian Country Act 116 6819 HR 2020-05-12 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS EHDC Act of 2020 116 8200 HR 2020-09-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS 2020-05-07 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N Native Americans Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Appropriations Hawaii Housing and community development funding Indian lands and resources rights Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Minority and disadvantaged businesses Radio spectrum allocation Telephone and wireless communication Native Americans 00 2020-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-22T20:07:25Z COVID-19 Designation of Immediate Special Authority of Spectrum for Tribes' Emergency Response in Indian Country Act or the COVID-19 DISASTER in Indian Country Act

This bill grants emergency special temporary authority and provides funds to deploy wireless broadband service on tribal lands and Hawaiian home lands.

Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant emergency special temporary authority to Indian tribes, certain tribal entities, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands if they request such authority to use electromagnetic spectrum to provide wireless broadband service over tribal lands or Hawaiian home lands. The FCC must grant such emergency authority within 10 days of receiving a request.

In addition, the bill provides funds to specified Department of Agriculture grant programs for (1) immediate deployment of wireless broadband service on tribal lands and Hawaiian home lands, including repairs to damaged infrastructure and backhaul costs; and (2) technical assistance and training.

]]> COVID–19 DISASTER in Indian Country Act Display Title COVID–19 DISASTER in Indian Country Act Short Title(s) as Introduced COVID–19 DISASTER in Indian Country Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced COVID–19 Designation of Immediate Special Authority of Spectrum for Tribes’ Emergency Response in Indian Country Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to fund grants for the immediate deployment of temporary wireless broadband service on Tribal lands and Hawaiian Home Lands, to provide emergency special temporary authority to use electromagnetic spectrum for the provision of wireless broadband service on Tribal lands and Hawaiian Home Lands, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3666is/xml/BILLS-116s3666is.xml 2020-05-07 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.