it is my understanding that a version of S. 439 was introduced in the 100 th Congress in response to a 1977 study by the American Indian Policy Review Commission that recommended the establishment of this, as we have been discussing, World Bank-type institution to meet economic development needs in Indian Country.
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I do believe that there is, to create a mechanism within the FCC, so that the data, as it comes and can be analyzed by the FCC, to create sort of a map of issues on a tribe-by-tribe, region-by-region basis.
We have heard today about the GAO's second report on partnerships and how less than 1 percent of the FCC's funding has gone to tribes.
It is like waiting for the cops, to call the cops and tell them you have been speeding.
To make sure E-Rate is reaching students in Indian Country we need to know that the FCC is not still using junk data to track tribal applications.
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