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Bridging the Tribal Digital Divide Act of 2020

Introduced: February 11, 2020 Introduced by: Gallego, Ruben Democratic · Arizona See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Feb 25, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Feb 21, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Feb 11, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 11, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bridging the Tribal Digital Divide Act of 2020

This bill establishes an interagency coordination program for tribal access to broadband service and further expands broadband access on tribal land, including by setting aside certain funds for its deployment and establishing a pilot program for tribes to grant rights-of-way for the construction, maintenance, and facilitation of broadband service on their land.

What's happening now February 25, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3264 Identical bill Bridging the Tribal Digital Divide Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 11, 2020
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Feb 11, 2020
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Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 11, 2020
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Feb 11, 2020
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 11, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5850: Bridging the Tribal Digital Divide Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5850/
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"H.R. 5850: Bridging the Tribal Digital Divide Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5850/.
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H.R. 5850, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5850/.
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