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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 3264 (Introduced in Senate) — To expedite and streamline the deployment of affordable broadband service on Tribal land, and for other purposes. · Sec. 301

Sec. 301. Universal service on Tribal land

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Section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 153 ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(58)and
(59)as paragraphs
(62)and (63), respectively; by redesignating paragraphs
(35)through
(57)as paragraphs
(37)through (59), respectively; by redesignating paragraphs
(24)through
(34)as paragraphs
(25)through (35), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(23)the following: The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term Indian tribe in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). ; by inserting after paragraph (35), as so redesignated, the following: The term Native Hawaiian has the meaning given the term in section 801 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 ( 25 U.S.C. 4221 ). ; and by inserting after paragraph (59), as so redesignated, the following: The term Tribal entity — means an Indian Tribe; and includes a Native Hawaiian community. The term Tribal land means— any land located within the boundaries of— an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; or a former reservation within Oklahoma; any land not located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria, the title to which is held— in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian Tribe or an individual Indian; by an Indian Tribe or an individual Indian, subject to restriction against alienation under laws of the United States; or by a dependent Indian community; any land located within a region established pursuant to section 7(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1606(a) ); Hawaiian Home Lands, as defined in section 801 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 ( 25 U.S.C. 4221 ); or those areas or communities designated by the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior that are near, adjacent, or contiguous to reservations where financial assistance and social service programs are provided to Indians because of their status as Indians. . Section 254(b)(3) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 254(b)(3) ) is amended— by striking and those and inserting , consumers ; and inserting after high cost areas, the following: and consumers on Tribal land and in areas with high populations of Indians (as defined in section 19 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the . Indian Reorganization Act ) ( 25 U.S.C. 5129 )) or Native Hawaiians (as defined in section 801 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 ( 25 U.S.C. 4221 )), Section 271(c)(1)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 271(c)(1)(A) ) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking section 3(47)(A) and inserting section 3(56)(A) .
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