HR 7774
116th Congress
House
Native Americans
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Census and government statistics
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Educational facilities and institutions
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency communications systems
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal-Indian relations
Government trust funds
Health facilities and institutions
Indian lands and resources rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
DIGITAL Reservations Act
Introduced: July 24, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 21, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Jul 24, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Jul 24, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Deploying the Internet by Guaranteeing Indian Tribes Autonomy over Licensing on Reservations Act or the DIGITAL Reservations Act
This bill grants Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations with exclusive rights to all available or unlicensed electromagnetic spectrum over their tribal lands and prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from taking specified actions related to spectrum licenses over tribal lands. It also requires the FCC to establish a fund to support tribal access to broadband and telecommunications services.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1