6.5.31.030 Findings

The Council hereby finds and declares that:

(a) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce issued NTIA-TBC-TBCPO-2021-2006948 under which it will award grants for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, Broadband Deployment Projects authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Division N, Title IX, Section 905(c), Public Law 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182 (Dec. 27, 2020) (Act). These funds will be in the form of an addition to our Aid To Tribal Government Program (ATTG).

(b) Tribal governments and their tribal organization designees are eligible to apply for and receive grant funding through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce, Tribal Broadband Connectivity, NTIA-TBC-TBCPO-2021-2006948, and to do so the Tribe is required to submit a Tribal Resolution authorizing such grant application.