3.0.0 4529 2023-01-11T13:45:15Z 2023-01-11T13:45:15Z Senate S 2020-08-13 116 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred to 2020-08-13T16:29:50Z Tribal Connect Act of 2020 116 7973 HR 2020-08-07 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2020-08-13 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-08-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N M001197 Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] Martha McSally R AZ 2020-09-10 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2020-09-10 False Native Americans Congressional oversight Educational technology and distance education Government information and archives 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 2020-08-13 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-15T14:15:25Z Tribal Connect Act of 2020

This bill expands tribal access to the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support (E-rate) program, which provides discounted broadband internet access and telecommunications services to certain schools and libraries. It also establishes a pilot program to provide E-rate support to certain community-serving institutions.

First, a tribe may designate a tribal library or tribal library consortium, including a public-serving library of a tribal college or university, as a library or library consortium that is eligible for E-rate support. The tribe may make this designation regardless of whether the library or consortium is eligible for certain assistance from a state library administrative agency.

In addition, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must establish a program to provide E-rate support to tribes for qualifying essential community-serving institutions (e.g., community centers). E-rate support may be provided to institutions designated by tribes if (1) the institutions are exclusively owned by the tribes; and (2) the institutions intend to deliver publicly available internet access to students, teachers, librarians, and community members.

Further, the bill requires the FCC to (1) provide technical assistance and training, (2) develop performance measures, and (3) review and submit annual reports.

]]> Tribal Connect Act of 2020 Display Title Tribal Connect Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Tribal Connect Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS 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 IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4529is/xml/BILLS-116s4529is.xml 2020-08-13 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.