Sec. 536. ReConnect Program
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Section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 ( Public Law 115–141 ; 132 Stat. 399), is amended by inserting : before the period at the end. , That 15 percent of such amount shall be reserved for loans and grants to Indian tribes under the pilot program, and a requirement to match part or all of any such loan or grant shall not be imposed on an Indian tribe Provided further There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the Tribal Connectivity Fund .
There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Tribal Connectivity Fund $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2031, to remain available until expended. The amount made available under subparagraph
(A)for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2031 shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Amounts in the Tribal Connectivity Fund shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide funding for laptops, Wi-Fi hotspots, and other connectivity devices for students attending schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, tribally operated schools, or Tribal colleges. In this paragraph: The term Wi-Fi means a wireless networking protocol based on Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standard 802.11 (or any successor standard). The term Wi-Fi hotspot means a device that is capable of— receiving mobile advanced telecommunications and information services (based upon Wi-Fi and other wireless standards); and sharing the services with another device. Subject to subparagraph (B), there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and there is appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2031, which shall be deposited in the Bureau of Indian Education, Operation of Indian Education Programs, Education Management, Education IT account, to remain available until expended. The amount made available under subparagraph
(A)for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The amounts made available under paragraph
(1)shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior to provide funding for information technology infrastructure of the Bureau of Indian Education.
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