Title: Tribal Broadband Deployment Act of 2018
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Tribal Broadband Deployment Act of 2018
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to submit a report that evaluates broadband coverage in Indian country and on land held by Alaska Native Corporations.
The report must include an assessment of areas that have adequate broadband coverage and of unserved areas.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5007 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5007

To direct the Federal Communications Commission to submit to Congress a 
report evaluating broadband coverage in Indian country and on land held 
  by a Native Corporation and to complete a proceeding to address the 
                unserved areas identified in the report.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2018

   Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to submit to Congress a 
report evaluating broadband coverage in Indian country and on land held 
  by a Native Corporation and to complete a proceeding to address the 
                unserved areas identified in the report.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Broadband Deployment Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. TRIBAL DIGITAL ACCESS.

    (a) Tribal Broadband Data Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
        Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate a report evaluating broadband 
        coverage in Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 
        18, United States Code) and on land held by a Native 
        Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
        Act.
            (2) Required assessments.--The report required by paragraph 
        (1) shall include the following:
                    (A) An assessment of areas of Indian country (as so 
                defined) and land held by a Native Corporation pursuant 
                to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act that have 
                adequate broadband coverage.
                    (B) An assessment of unserved areas of Indian 
                country (as so defined) and land held by a Native 
                Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
                Settlement Act.
    (b) Tribal Broadband Rulemaking.--Not later than 30 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall complete a 
proceeding to address the unserved areas identified in the report under 
subsection (a).
    (c) Commission Defined.--In this section, the term ``Commission'' 
means the Federal Communications Commission.
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