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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8665 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a new Tribal 
priority window for the 2.5 gigahertz band, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2020 
Ms. HAALAND (for herself, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. COLE, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of 
Oklahoma, Mr. GALLEGO, and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to estab-
lish a new Tribal priority window for the 2.5 gigahertz 
band, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Extending Tribal 
Broadband Priority Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW 2.5 GHZ TRIBAL PRIORITY 
WINDOW. 
(a) COMMISSION DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal Communications Com-
mission. 
(b) NEW TRIBAL PRIORITY WINDOW.—The Commis-
sion shall— 
(1) not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, establish a new Tribal priority 
window for the 2.5 gigahertz band, under the same 
terms and conditions as the Tribal priority window 
established in the Report and Order in the matter 
of Transforming the 2.5 GHz Band adopted by the 
Commission on July 10, 2019 (FCC 19–62), for any 
portions of the band— 
(A) that remain available for assignment in 
accordance with that Report and Order; and 
(B) for which the Commission did not re-
ceive an application during the Tribal priority 
window established in that Report and Order; 
and 
(2) accept applications in the new window es-
tablished under paragraph (1) during the period 
that— 
(A) begins on the date on which the win-
dow is established; and 
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(B) ends on the date that is 180 days after 
the date on which the window is established, or 
such later date as the Commission considers ap-
propriate. 
(c) EXCEPTION FROM CERTAIN PROCEDURAL RE-
QUIREMENTS.—To the extent that the Commission deter-
mines that section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 
chapter 6 of that title (commonly known as the ‘‘Regu-
latory Flexibility Act’’), subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 
44, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paper-
work Reduction Act’’), or any other provision of law would 
prevent the Commission from establishing the new Tribal 
priority window by the date required under paragraph (1) 
of subsection (b) or from beginning to accept applications 
in that window as required under paragraph (2)(A) of that 
subsection, that provision shall not apply to any action 
taken by the Commission, or any rule or order issued by 
the Commission, to establish that window or to begin ac-
cepting applications in that window (as the case may be). 
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