This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to add people living in Indian country and in areas with high populations of Indian people to the law’s universal service principle. The change directs that access to telecommunications and information services in those places should be treated like access in rural, insular, and high-cost areas.
If you live or provide services in Indian country or in areas with high populations of Indian people, the bill would put those places into the federal universal service goal for phone and internet access. The bill text does not itself create specific programs or funding; it changes the language of the law to include these places in the stated goal.
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Supporters say the bill makes clear that people in Indian country and high-Indian-population areas are covered by the federal universal service principle for telecommunications and information services, which could guide future efforts to expand access.
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