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    <item congress="118" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5494" measure-id="id118hr5494" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2023-09-14" update-date="2024-04-03">
        <title>Tribal Connect Act of 2023</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118hr5494v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2024-04-03">
            <action-date>2023-09-14</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Tribal Connect Act of 2023</b></p> <p>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 broadband internet access service to essential community-serving institutions (e.g., community centers) located on tribal land.</p>]]></summary-text>
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