Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Tribal Broadband Deployment Act of 2018”.
Tribal Broadband Deployment Act of 2018
A BILL
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to submit to Congress a report evaluating broadband coverage in Indian country and on land held by a Native Corporation and to complete a proceeding to address the unserved areas identified in the report.
Sec. 2 Tribal digital access
Tribal broadband data report—
In general— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report evaluating broadband coverage in Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code) and on land held by a Native Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Required assessments— The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
An assessment of areas of Indian country (as so defined) and land held by a Native Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act that have adequate broadband coverage.
An assessment of unserved areas of Indian country (as so defined) and land held by a Native Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Tribal broadband rulemaking— Not later than 30 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall complete a proceeding to address the unserved areas identified in the report under subsection (a).
Commission defined— In this section, the term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission.