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‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means an Indian tribe or tribal organization lo-
cated in a rural area that has high levels of over-
crowded housing and homelessness. 
‘‘(2) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘tribal 
organization’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cational Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to im-
prove living conditions and prevent homelessness in rural 
Tribal communities by— 
‘‘(1) assessing the condition of existing housing 
resources; and 
‘‘(2) preventing those resources from— 
‘‘(A) deteriorating; and 
‘‘(B) becoming uninhabitable. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants to eligible entities— 
‘‘(A) to repair overcrowded homes to pre-
vent the homes from becoming uninhabitable; 
‘‘(B) to remediate homes that are generally 
uninhabitable or fail to meet the housing qual-
ity 
standards 
established 
under 
section 
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8(o)(8)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)(B)); or 
‘‘(C) to repair homes damaged due to cli-
mate change and extreme weather. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 
subsection, the Secretary may give priority to an eli-
gible entity that is located in a community with lev-
els of overcrowded housing and homelessness that 
the Secretary determines are among the highest for 
communities in which eligible entities are located. 
‘‘(3) USE
OF
MULTIPLE
GRANTS
FOR
SAME 
PROJECT.—Multiple eligible entities that each re-
ceive a grant under this subsection may use the 
grants for the same project. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary may 
use not more than 3 percent of the amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section— 
‘‘(1) to administer the competition for grants 
under this section; 
‘‘(2) to provide oversight of grantees; and 
‘‘(3) to collect data on the use of grants award-
ed under this section. 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to provide grants 
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under this section, and there is appropriated, out of 
any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 and each 
fiscal year thereafter. 
‘‘(2) 
ADJUSTMENT
FOR
INFLATION.—The 
amount made available under paragraph (1) for fis-
cal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter shall 
be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
‘‘(f) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ASSISTANCE.—The 
receipt by an eligible entity of a grant under this section 
shall not affect the eligibility of the eligible entity for any 
other assistance provided by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 414. COORDINATED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROC-
ESS WORKGROUP. 
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—There 
is 
established 
a 
workgroup, to be known as the ‘‘Coordinated Environ-
mental Review Process Workgroup’’ (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Workgroup’’), consisting of the head (or 
a designee) of each of— 
(1) the Department of Agriculture; 
(2) the Department of Commerce; 
(3) the Department of Energy; 
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(4) the Department of Health and Human 
Services; 
(5) the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment; 
(6) the Department of the Interior; 
(7) the Department of Transportation; 
(8) the Council on Environmental Quality; and 
(9) the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(b) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (or a designee) shall— 
(1) serve as chairperson of the Workgroup; and 
(2) be responsible for convening meetings and 
coordinating the activities of the Workgroup. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Workgroup shall— 
(1) assess whether each member agency of the 
Workgroup has adopted the recommendations made 
in the report entitled ‘‘Coordinated Environmental 
Review Process Final Report’’ and dated December 
15, 2015, prepared by the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, in collaboration with the 
Coordinated 
Environmental 
Review 
Process 
Workgroup established pursuant to Senate Report 
113–182 (2014), accompanying S. 2438, 113th Con-
gress; 
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(2) to the extent that any recommendation de-
scribed in paragraph (1) has not been implemented, 
establish a plan for implementation of the rec-
ommendation; and 
(3) prepare and submit to Congress the reports 
required under subsection (d). 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, in collaboration 
with the Workgroup, shall submit to the Committee 
on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Representa-
tives a report describing— 
(A) the results of the assessment under 
subsection (c)(1); 
(B) any plan established under subsection 
(c)(2); and 
(C) its plan to engage in Tribal consulta-
tion regarding implementation. 
(2) UPDATES.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of submission of the report under paragraph 
(1), and not less frequently annually thereafter, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in 
collaboration with the Workgroup, shall submit to 
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the Committees described in that paragraph an up-
dated report in accordance with that paragraph. 
TITLE V—ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 501. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Federal Government has failed to honor 
its trust responsibility to promote Tribal self-deter-
mination through the support of economic develop-
ment on Tribal lands; 
(2) the Federal Government has failed to assist 
Indian tribes with the individualized economic devel-
opment necessary for Indian tribes— 
(A) to exercise self-determination; and 
(B) to make knowledgeable decisions as to 
how to best develop and manage the resources 
on Tribal lands for the benefit of the Indian 
tribe; 
(3) Native Americans experience— 
(A) a poverty rate that is approximately 
twice the national average; and 
(B) higher rates of unemployment than 
any other group of people in the United States; 
(4) due to the remote location of many Indian 
tribes, individuals may have long commutes, which 
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areas of the United States, furthering economic in-
equities on Tribal lands; 
(9) according to the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation, up to 95 percent of Native American stu-
dents at some Bureau of Indian Education schools 
cannot access internet services at home; 
(10) lack of internet access negatively affects 
the ability to conduct business online, which took on 
increased importance since the beginning of the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic; 
and 
(11) very few Indian tribes have established 
telecommunications companies to provide residential 
phone and internet services. 
SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) Congress should determine and provide the 
funding needed to meet the essential utilities and 
core infrastructure needs on Tribal lands, such as 
electricity, water, telecommunications, and roads; 
(2) Congress should— 
(A) provide direct, mandatory funding to 
Indian tribes and the Department of Hawaiian 
Home Lands; and 
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(B) allow Indian tribes and the Depart-
ment of Hawaiian Home Lands to leverage 
Federal funding; 
(3) in cases in which Federal infrastructure 
projects occur on or affect Tribal lands or Tribal or 
Native Hawaiian communities, the Federal Govern-
ment should engage in, as applicable— 
(A) consistent, transparent, and deferential 
consultation with Indian tribes; and 
(B) consistent, transparent, and deferen-
tial collaboration with the Department of Ha-
waiian Home Lands and Native Hawaiian orga-
nizations; 
(4) the Federal Government should include 
Tribal sovereignty principles for Indian tribes to 
manage and self-govern natural resources, including 
electromagnetic spectrum over Tribal lands, in ac-
cordance with the Federal trust responsibility and 
acknowledgment of their sovereignty, to promote 
economic development and self-management of those 
modern natural resources; 
(5) the Federal Government should clarify the 
inherent ownership by Indian tribes and Native Ha-
waiian organizations of spectrum licenses and spec-
trum over Tribal lands and Hawaiians, and preserve 
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that ownership, in furtherance of the Federal trust 
responsibility over, and Indian and Native Hawaiian 
self-governance of their own modern natural re-
sources; 
(6) the Federal Government should— 
(A) diminish the effect of the Tribal pri-
ority filing windows, auctions for spectrum li-
censes over Tribal lands, and assignment and 
leasing of spectrum over Tribal lands carried 
out by the Federal Communications Commis-
sion; 
(B) ensure the competitive bidding author-
ity of the Federal Communications Commission 
does not apply to licenses or construction per-
mits issued by the Commission over Tribal 
lands and Hawaiian home lands; and 
(C) permanently eliminate the public avail-
ability of spectrum over Tribal lands and Ha-
waiian home lands; and 
(7) legislation to address the lack of spectrum 
access by Indian tribes over Tribal lands and to de-
ploy wireless broadband services, in furtherance of 
Tribal sovereignty (known as the ‘‘DIGITAL Res-
ervations Act’’ or the ‘‘Deploying the Internet by 
Guaranteeing Indian Tribes Autonomy over Licens-
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ing on Reservations Act’’, S. 4331 and H.R. 7774, 
116th Congress, as introduced on July 27, 2020, 
and July 24, 2020, respectively), should be enacted 
without delay. 
Subtitle 
A—Economic 
Develop-
ment, Infrastructure, and In-
vestments 
SEC. 511. TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out the tribal transportation program 
under section 202 of title 23, United States Code, and 
there are appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated— 
(1) for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025, 
$1,000,000,000; and 
(2) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, $800,000,000. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT
FOR INFLATION.—The amounts 
made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2027 
and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually 
to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics. 
(c) OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The limitation on ob-
ligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety con-
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struction programs for each fiscal year shall not apply to 
the amounts made available under subsection (a). 
(d) TREATMENT.—Amounts made available under 
subsection (a) shall be available for obligation in accord-
ance with section 201 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 512. TRIBAL HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS PROGRAM. 
Section 1123(h) of MAP–21 (23 U.S.C. 202 note; 
Public Law 112–141) is amended by striking paragraph 
(2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATION.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of 
any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to carry out the program $50,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
SEC. 513. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS ROAD MAINTE-
NANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated, and there are appropriated, out of any monies in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Director 
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to carry out the road 
maintenance program of the Bureau— 
(1) for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, 
$100,000,000; and 
(2) for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, $50,000,000. 
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(b) ADJUSTMENT
FOR INFLATION.—The amounts 
made available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2029 
and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually 
to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics. 
SEC. 514. TRIBAL TRANSIT PROGRAM. 
Section 5311 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON INDIAN RES-
ERVATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) APPROPRIATION.—For fiscal year 
2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, there is 
authorized to be appropriated, and there is ap-
propriated, out of any monies in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $75,000,000 for 
grants to Indian tribes for any purpose eligible 
under this section, under such terms and condi-
tions as may be established by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) APPORTIONMENT.—Amounts made 
available under subparagraph (A) shall be ap-
portioned as formula grants, as provided in 
subsection (j). 
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Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics. 
(c) OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The limitation on ob-
ligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety con-
struction programs for each fiscal year shall not apply to 
the amounts made available under subsection (a). 
(d) TREATMENT.—Amounts made available under 
subsection (a) shall be available for obligation in the same 
manner as if those funds were apportioned under chapter 
1 of title 23, United States Code. 
(e) TRIBAL CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the 
tribal transportation technical assistance program under 
section 504(b)(2)(D)(ii) of title 23, United States Code, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall engage in Tribal 
consultation. 
SEC. 516. RURAL DEVELOPMENT TRIBAL TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), for each 
of fiscal years 2023 through 2032, there is authorized to 
be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any 
monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$2,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 
technical assistance under section 6302 of the Agriculture 
Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 2671). 
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(b) ADJUSTMENT
FOR INFLATION.—The amount 
made available under subsection (a) for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2032 shall be adjusted annually to 
reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics. 
SEC. 517. NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 108(e) of the 
Community Development Banking and Financial Institu-
tions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Fund shall provide no assistance’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION.—Subject to sub-
paragraph (B), no assistance may be pro-
vided by the Fund’’; 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Such matching funds’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) FORM.—The matching funds re-
quired under clause (i)’’; 
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(C) by striking the paragraph designation 
and heading and all that follows through ‘‘As-
sistance’’ in the first sentence and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to sub-
paragraph (B) and paragraph (2), assist-
ance’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) WAIVER FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS 
AND ENTITIES.—The requirements of subpara-
graph (A) shall not apply to any individual or 
entity using the assistance provided under this 
section only for the benefit of Indians, Alaska 
Natives, Native Hawaiians, or an Indian 
tribe.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 121 of the Community Devel-
opment Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 
(12 U.S.C. 4718) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) FUNDING FOR INDIANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of any 
monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
to the Fund for the purpose of providing financial 
assistance, technical assistance, training, and out-
reach programs to benefit Indian tribes, primarily 
through Native Community Development Financial 
Institutions with experience and expertise in commu-
nity development banking and lending in Indian 
country, and that are committed to working with In-
dian organizations, Indian tribes, tribal organiza-
tions, and other appropriate individuals and enti-
ties— 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2023, $55,000,000; 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2024, $65,000,000; 
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2025, $70,000,000; 
‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2026, $75,000,000; 
and 
‘‘(E) for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, $80,000,000, subject to para-
graph (2). 
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‘‘(2) 
ADJUSTMENT
FOR
INFLATION.—The 
amounts made available under paragraph (1)(E) for 
fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter shall 
be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.’’. 
SEC. 518. TRIBAL REVOLVING FUNDS. 
(a) FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT.— 
Section 518 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1377) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘0.5 per-
cent and not more than 2.0 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘5 percent’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f), in the second sentence, by 
striking ‘‘subsection (d) of this section’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (e)’’. 
(b) 
SAFE
DRINKING
WATER
ACT.—Section 
1452(i)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12(i)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Except 
as’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) USE OF GRANTS.—Except as’’; and 
(2) by striking the paragraph designation and 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘may be used 
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by the Administrator’’ in the first sentence and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not less than 5 percent 
of the amounts made available for each fiscal 
year to carry out this section shall be used by 
the Administrator’’. 
SEC. 519. TRIBAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL. 
Section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1256) is amended by striking subsections 
(b) and (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT.—Of the amounts made available 
to carry out this section for each fiscal year, the Adminis-
trator shall— 
‘‘(1) subject to paragraph (2), make allotments 
to States and interstate agencies in accordance with 
such regulations as the Administrator may promul-
gate, based on the extent of the pollution problem in 
each State; and 
‘‘(2) notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, allot to Indian tribes not less than 20 percent. 
‘‘(c) AMOUNT.—The Administrator may pay to each 
State, Indian tribe, and interstate agency for each fiscal 
year an amount equal to the lesser of— 
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‘‘(1) the allotment of the State, Indian tribe, or 
interstate agency for the fiscal year under subsection 
(b); and 
‘‘(2) the reasonable costs, as determined by the 
Administrator, of developing and carrying out a pol-
lution program by the State, Indian tribe, or inter-
state agency during the fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 520. RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE WATER AND WASTE 
DISPOSAL PROGRAM. 
Section 306C(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926c(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), 
there’’ and inserting ‘‘There’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ at the end and inserting a period; and 
(D) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘this paragraph’’; and 
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(B) by striking the paragraph designation 
and heading and all that follows through ‘‘An 
entity’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) INDIANS AND INDIAN TRIBES.— 
‘‘(A) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to sub-
paragraph (B), for fiscal year 2023 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, there is author-
ized to be appropriated, and there is ap-
propriated, out of any monies in the Treas-
ury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated 
$100,000,000 to the Secretary to provide 
grants and loans under this section to ben-
efit Indians and Indian tribes (as those 
terms are defined in section 4 of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)). 
‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.— 
The amount made available under clause 
(i) for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year 
thereafter shall be adjusted annually to re-
flect the change in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers published 
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—An entity’’. 
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SEC. 521. FUNDING FOR CLAIMS RESOLUTION ACT OF 2010. 
Section 101(e)(1) of the Claims Resolution Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3067) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Settle-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Settlement, and during the 
10-year period beginning on the date of enactment 
of the Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION.— 
In addition to amounts deposited in the 
Trust Land Consolidation Fund under 
clause (i) and subparagraph (D), not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
the Honoring Promises to Native Nations 
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
deposit in the Trust Land Consolidation 
Fund $1,900,000,000.’’. 
Subtitle B—Spectrum Sovereignty 
and Broadband Deployment on 
Tribal Lands 
SEC. 531. TRIBAL BROADBAND FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commission shall estab-
lish, as a permanent Federal universal service support 
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mechanism under section 254 of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254), a mechanism to be known as 
the ‘‘Tribal Broadband Fund’’. 
(b) ANNUAL AMOUNT OF SUPPORT.— 
(1) INITIAL AMOUNT.—The amount of Federal 
universal service support provided through the Trib-
al Broadband Fund shall be $1,000,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2023. 
(2) PROPORTIONAL
ADJUSTMENT.—For fiscal 
year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, the 
amount specified in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted 
so that the amount of Federal universal service sup-
port provided through the Tribal Broadband Fund 
for such subsequent fiscal year bears the same pro-
portion to the amount of Federal universal service 
support provided through all Federal universal serv-
ice support mechanisms other than the Tribal 
Broadband Fund for such subsequent fiscal year as 
the proportion that $1,000,000,000 bears to the 
amount of Federal universal service support pro-
vided through all Federal universal service support 
mechanisms other than the Tribal Broadband Fund 
for fiscal year 2023. 
(c) PROVISION OF SUPPORT.—The Commission shall 
use the Tribal Broadband Fund to provide Federal uni-
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versal service support to Indian tribes, Department of Ha-
waiian Home Lands, and qualifying Tribal entities to pro-
vide— 
(1) 
technical 
assistance, 
deployment 
of 
broadband infrastructure, maintenance, planning, 
training, and digital literacy programs to increase 
broadband services and network buildout on Tribal 
lands, in addition to further economic development 
initiatives for all spectrum on Tribal lands, including 
radio, television, broadcast, commercial, and non-
commercial uses, and current generation or better 
broadband services; 
(2) infrastructure for middle mile and long-haul 
fiber buildout, adoption of digital literacy, and other 
related resources to expedite the immediate deploy-
ment of, and full access to, telecommunications, 
broadband, spectrum use and future development, 
and wireless services (including broadband service); 
and 
(3) other smart infrastructure development and 
integration on Tribal lands, and other related activi-
ties to ensure Tribal lands have full access to high- 
speed broadband services, telecommunications serv-
ices, and other sovereignty of communications infra-
structure covering Tribal lands. 
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(d) PRIORITIZATION.—In allocating funds from the 
Tribal Broadband Fund, the Commission— 
(1) shall prioritize locations where telecommuni-
cations or broadband services have left residents un-
derserved; and 
(2) may use funds in locations described in 
paragraph (1) for last mile fiber, middle mile fiber, 
backhaul transit, interconnection, and other costs 
and repairs to damaged infrastructure. 
(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Commission shall 
provide requested technical assistance, training programs, 
and grants to assist Indian tribes, qualifying Tribal enti-
ties, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, inter- 
Tribal government organizations, and Tribal Colleges and 
Universities for the purpose of immediate deployment of 
telecommunications or broadband services or infrastruc-
ture development over Tribal lands. 
(f) FINAL ORDER.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
release a final order adopting rules and policies associated 
with the establishment, implementation, and administra-
tion of the Tribal Broadband Fund. 
(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to limit or prevent an Indian tribe, 
the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or a qualifying 
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Tribal entity from accessing existing or additional funding 
through the Commission or any other Federal agency. 
SEC. 532. OFFICE OF NATIVE AFFAIRS AND POLICY, FED-
ERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission, acting 
through the Office of Native Affairs and Policy and 
at the request of an Indian tribe, the Department of 
Hawaiian Home Lands, or a qualifying Tribal enti-
ty, shall provide technical assistance to apply for and 
participate in— 
(A) the Tribal Broadband Fund; 
(B) other Federal universal service support 
mechanisms; 
(C) other Federal funding opportunities 
for broadband or infrastructure development; 
and 
(D) the Tribal Spectrum Market estab-
lished under section 534. 
(2) PRIORITY.—A request for technical assist-
ance made under this subsection from an Indian 
tribe, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or 
a qualifying Tribal entity shall receive priority where 
telecommunications or broadband services on Tribal 
lands— 
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(A) have not been deployed; or 
(B) have been inadequately deployed to 
provide broadband services over those Tribal 
lands, resulting in unserved and underserved 
Tribal residents. 
(3) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—The assistance 
under this subsection includes assistance for associ-
ated backhaul, repairs to damaged infrastructure, or 
new infrastructure to deploy broadband service. 
(b) ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—In addi-
tion to the technical assistance provided under subsection 
(a), the Commission shall provide technical assistance that 
includes training programs and grant assistance to Indian 
tribes, qualifying Tribal entities, the Department of Ha-
waiian Home Lands, inter-Tribal government organiza-
tions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and colleges and 
universities with Tribal-serving institutions with expertise 
on Tribal broadband policy for the purpose of immediate 
deployment of telecommunications or broadband services 
and infrastructure over Tribal lands. 
(c) ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND COMMIS-
SION.—The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
Commerce, and the Commission shall provide technical as-
sistance to Indian tribes, the Department of Hawaiian 
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Home Lands, and qualifying Tribal entities (and, if lo-
cated on Tribal lands, to schools, libraries, health care fa-
cilities, public safety entities, Tribal chapter houses, com-
munity centers, government buildings of an Indian tribe, 
and locations where Tribal, State, and Federal elections 
and census activities are carried out) to resolve barriers 
to the deployment and adoption of broadband service and 
other services provided using spectrum, including the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Classes or other education related to com-
puter literacy. 
(2) Acquisition of computers and related hard-
ware and software. 
(3) Use of broadband service and computers for 
public safety and emergency communications serv-
ices and interoperability. 
(4) Use of spectrum and wireless broadband 
service and computers where Tribal, State, and Fed-
eral elections and census activities are carried out. 
(5) Use of spectrum and broadband service and 
computers to respond to public emergencies, includ-
ing health and biohazard threats and natural disas-
ters. 
(6) Such other areas as the Commission, or a 
relevant Federal agency that has a role conducting 
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activities on Tribal lands, determines to be advisable 
to increase the deployment and adoption of 
broadband service and other services provided using 
spectrum on Tribal lands, or where an Indian tribe, 
the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or a 
qualifying Tribal entity holds a valid and active 
spectrum license or right-of-way access. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to limit or supersede— 
(1) the responsibilities of the Commission or 
another Federal agency; or 
(2) the engagement with Indian tribes, the De-
partment of Hawaiian Home Lands or Native Ha-
waiian communities, and qualifying Tribal entities 
by the Commission or any other Federal agency. 
(e) APPROPRIATIONS AMENDMENT.—Section 6 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 156) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘; AP-
PROPRIATIONS’’ after ‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) OFFICE OF NATIVE AFFAIRS AND POLICY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For necessary expenses of 
the Office of Native Affairs and Policy of the Com-
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mission, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Commission, and there is appropriated, out of 
any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $950,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2031. 
‘‘(2) ONAP FEDERAL FUNDING DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commission 
shall use 20 percent of the funding appro-
priated pursuant to paragraph (1) to establish 
within the Office of Native Affairs and Policy 
of the Commission a position of Federal Fund-
ing Director. 
‘‘(B) DUTIES.—The Federal Funding Di-
rector shall have the following duties: 
‘‘(i) Coordinate with Indian tribes, the 
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, 
and interested qualifying Tribal entities to 
access the funding opportunities of the 
Commission or other funding opportunities 
that may be available through another 
Federal agency, and assist with the appli-
cation processes for the Tribal Broadband 
Fund and other universal service contribu-
tions or accounts, auctions proceeds, or 
any other accounts or reserve funds avail-
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able to the Commission, for the purpose of 
providing a source of support for infra-
structure deployment, ‘middle mile’ and 
long-haul fiber buildout, adoption of digital 
literacy, and other related resources for the 
deployment of and full access to tele-
communications, broadband, spectrum use 
and future development, and wireless serv-
ices (including wireless broadband service) 
for effective and efficient use on Tribal 
lands. 
‘‘(ii) Coordinate with other Federal 
agencies that provide telecommunications 
and infrastructure funding to Indian 
tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home 
Lands, or interested qualifying Tribal enti-
ties to assist with expedited broadband 
service and other telecommunications de-
ployment over Tribal lands. 
‘‘(3) 
ADJUSTMENT
FOR
INFLATION.—The 
amount made available under paragraph (1) for fis-
cal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter shall 
be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
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‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms defined in section 539 of the Honoring Prom-
ises to Native Nations Act shall have the meanings 
given those terms in that section.’’. 
SEC. 533. IMMEDIATE DEPLOYMENT OF BROADBAND SERV-
ICE ON TRIBAL LANDS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) an Indian tribe; 
(B) a qualifying Tribal entity; and 
(C) the Department of Hawaiian Home 
Lands. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(b) GRANTS.— 
(1) 
COMMUNITY
FACILITIES
GRANT
PRO-
GRAM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 
amounts 
appropriated 
under 
subsection 
(c)(1)(A) to provide grants under the commu-
nity facilities grant program under section 
306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)) to eli-
gible entities for the deployment of broadband 
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service on Tribal lands, if the eligible entity 
would be eligible for a grant under that section 
for the deployment. 
(B) ELIGIBLE COSTS.—An eligible entity 
that receives a grant under subparagraph (A) 
may use the grant amount for costs for the im-
mediate deployment of broadband service on 
Tribal lands, including— 
(i) backhaul costs; and 
(ii) costs of repairs to damaged infra-
structure, if the cost of the repairs would 
be less than the cost of new infrastructure. 
(C) PRIORITIZATION.—In making grants 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
give priority to the deployment of telecommuni-
cations or broadband services on Tribal lands 
on which the services have not been deployed or 
have been inadequately deployed, including— 
(i) middle mile fiber; 
(ii) backhaul transit, interconnection, 
and other costs; and 
(iii) repairs to damaged infrastruc-
ture, the cost of the repairs to which would 
be less than the cost of new infrastructure. 
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(D) FEDERAL
SHARE.—Notwithstanding 
section 306(a)(19)(B) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926(a)(19)(B)), the Federal share of the cost 
of a project carried out using a grant under 
subparagraph (A) shall be 100 percent. 
(2) ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 
amounts 
appropriated 
under 
subsection 
(c)(1)(B) to provide grants to eligible recipients 
described in subparagraph (C) under the com-
munity facilities technical assistance and train-
ing grant program under section 306(a)(26) of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(26)) to assist eligible en-
tities in— 
(i) preparing applications for grants 
under paragraph (1)(A); and 
(ii) receiving technical assistance and 
training from an entity to which a commu-
nity facilities technical assistance and 
training grant has been made under that 
section. 
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(B) APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (A) 
shall be carried out without regard to— 
(i) subparagraphs (B) and (C) of sec-
tion 306(a)(26) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926(a)(26)); and 
(ii) any requirements described in 
subparagraph (A) of that section relating 
to eligibility to receive— 
(I) a grant under that section; or 
(II) 
technical 
assistance 
and 
training from an entity receiving a 
grant under that section. 
(C) ELIGIBLE
RECIPIENTS.—An entity 
shall be eligible to receive a grant under sub-
paragraph (A) if the entity is— 
(i) eligible for a grant under the com-
munity facilities technical assistance and 
training grant program under section 
306(a)(26) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1926(a)(26)), without regard to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) of that section, to as-
sist an eligible entity in preparing an appli-
cation for a grant under that section; or 
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(ii) an inter-Tribal government orga-
nization, a Tribal College or University, or 
a university or college with a Tribal-serv-
ing institution with expertise in Tribal 
broadband policy. 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of 
amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
to the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2031— 
(A) $300,000,000 to provide grants under 
subsection (b)(1); and 
(B) $5,000,000 to provide grants under 
subsection (b)(2). 
(2) 
ADJUSTMENT
FOR
INFLATION.—The 
amount made available under each of subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of paragraph (1) for each of fiscal years 
2024 through 2031 shall be adjusted annually to re-
flect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made avail-
able under paragraph (1) shall remain available until 
expended. 
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(cc) the prices charged for 
such services. 
(5) QUALIFYING TRIBAL ENTITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualifying 
Tribal entity’’ means an entity designated by 
the Indian tribe with jurisdiction over particular 
Tribal lands for which the spectrum access is 
sought. 
(B) ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—The following 
entities may be designated as a qualifying Trib-
al entity: 
(i) An Indian tribe. 
(ii) A Tribal consortia that consists 
of— 
(I) not less than 2 Indian tribes; 
or 
(II) not less than 1 Indian tribe 
and 1 entity that is more than 50 per-
cent owned and controlled by 1 or 
more Indian tribes. 
(iii) A federally chartered Tribal cor-
poration established under— 
(I) section 17 of the Act of June 
18, 1934 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’) (48 
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