Sec. 538. Annual reporting requirements

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Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Commission shall make publicly available and submit to the entities described in subsection (b)— a report on the deployment of broadband on Tribal lands; a household-level mapping of actual broadband speeds adopted by Tribal residents; and an inventory of Tribal spectrum licenses. The report under paragraph

(1)shall include the following information: The work of the Commission with Indian tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, qualifying Tribal entities, and associated tribal organizations on spectrum-related matters. The efforts of the Commission to bolster Tribal outreach through individual consultation, funding access, expansion of access to broadband or other full use of spectrum over Tribal lands, activities executed through the Office of Native Affairs and Policy, rulemakings that have been executed related to such matters under this Act. General updates. The report under paragraph

(1)shall include data collected by the Commission on whether applicants for licenses, and holders of licenses, for spectrum over Tribal lands are— Indian tribes; the Department of Hawaiian Homelands; qualifying Tribal entities; or third-party licensees. The Commission shall require an Indian tribe, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or a qualifying Tribal entity to record the ownership classification of all licenses or other agreements for the use of spectrum over Tribal lands that take effect on or after the date of enactment of this Act. The Commission shall include in the report submitted under paragraph

(1)a verification that the Commission has provided information about assigned and unassigned licenses and license holders to the Indian tribe, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, or the qualifying Tribal entity where the licenses are geographically located, including a detailed description of the licenses, the license holders, and the entity to which the information was provided. The Commission shall include in the report submitted under paragraph

(1)a verification that the Commission has made contact information easily accessible for Indian tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and qualifying Tribal entities to learn about participation in any opportunities to obtain licenses for spectrum over Tribal lands or secondary market opportunities, including the respective processes. The Commission shall include in the report submitted under paragraph

(1)geographic locations on Tribal lands where wireline broadband or wireless telecommunications services have not been built out or deployed. The Commission shall include in the report submitted under paragraph

(1)a description of available Federal funding across all agencies for which Indian tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and qualifying Tribal entities are eligible to apply to further support deployment of broadband and telecommunications services on Tribal lands. The entities described in this subsection are— Indian tribes, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and Native Hawaiian organizations; the Department of the Interior; the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate; the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; the Native Nations Communications Task Force of the Commission; Tribal organizations with telecommunications expertise; and requesting qualifying Tribal entities.