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Tribal Land Bidding Credits

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is committed to assisting people living on tribal lands to acquire telecommunication services.

The Commission has obtained a list of federally recognized tribal lands from the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs and has made this information available to you. Included in this information is the telephone penetration rate (if known) and the number of square kilometers of the tribal territory.

Since tribal lands are often located in sparsely populated, remote areas of the country, tribal land bidding credits are offered to telecommunication carriers to help offset some of the costs of providing telecommunication services.

The information below is provided to assist you with assessing key data for acquiring telecommunications services in your tribal area.

Cross References
Public Notices
Orders

Tribal Land Bidding Credits are only one of a number of initiatives the Commission has used to address the lack of telecommunications deployment and subscribership throughout Indian Country. For additional information on what the Commission is doing, visit the FCC's Tribal Home web page.

Cross References
	Federally-Recognized Tribal Lands Not all of these lands are "qualifying" tribal lands as defined under Section 1.2110(f)(3)(i). xls - pdf
	Tribal Lands vs. Automated Maritime Telecommunications System Areas Applicable to Auction 57 xls - pdf
	Tribal Lands vs. Basic Trading Area Applicable to Auction 35 xls - pdf	BTA Map
	Tribal Lands vs. Cellular Market Areas Applicable to Auctions 44, 45 & 49 xls - pdf	CMA (Or MSA & RSA) Map
	Tribal Lands vs. MVDDS Service Areas (MVDs) Applicable to Auction 53 xls - pdf	EA Map
	Tribal Lands vs. Economic Area Applicable to Auctions 36, 39, 40, 42, 43, 48 & 56 xls - pdf	EAG Map
	Tribal Lands vs. Economic Area Grouping Applicable to Auctions 31, 43, 44 & 49 xls - pdf	MEA Map
	Tribal Lands vs. Major Economic Area Applicable to Auctions 38, 40 & 48 xls - pdf	MTA Map
	Tribal Lands vs. Major Trading Areas Applicable to Auctions 41, 50, 51 & 55 xls - pdf
	Tribal Lands vs. Nationwide Applicable to Auction 41 & 46 xls - pdf
	Tribal Lands vs. Regional PCS Areas (RPC) xls - pdf
	Tribal Lands vs. VHF Public Coast Station Areas (VPC) Applicable to Auction 39 xls - pdf
Public Notices
8/1/2003 PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 03-2575) WTB Extends Tribal Lands Bidding Credit Certification Deadline for Certain Applicants This Public Notice extends the period in which applicants seeking tribal lands bidding credits must file certain certifications from 90 days to 180 days. pdf - Word
3/8/2001 PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 01-613) WTB Announces Enhancements to the ULS to help Winning Bidders of FCC Auctions File for Tribal Land Bidding Credits The Commission's Universal Licensing System (ULS) has been enhanced to help winning bidders in FCC auctions file license applications when seeking a tribal land bidding credit. pdf - text - Word
12/14/2000 PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-2836) WTB Releases Additional Information Regarding the Procedures for Obtaining a Tribal lands Bidding Credit and List of Tribal Lands Data to be used in calculating tribal land bidding credit amounts in auctions where licenses are issued by Economic Areas (EA) This Public Notice provides additional information regarding the application process for applicants seeking a tribal lands bidding credit. pdf - text - Word Attachment 1: xls Attachment 2: xls Attachment 3: Word - text
9/29/2000 PUBLIC NOTICE (DA 00-2219) WTB Announces Availability of Bidding Credits For Providing Wireless Services To Qualifying Tribal Lands Tribal Land Bidding Credits To Be Available Beginning In Auction No. 36 (800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) Lower 80 Channels) And In Future Auctions. pdf - text - Word
Orders
3/14/2003 SECOND REPORT AND ORDER AND SECOND FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (FCC 03-51) Extending Wireless Telecommunications Services to Tribal Lands In this Second Report and Order, we clarify rules previously adopted in the Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WT Docket 99-2661 to provide incentives for wireless telecommunications carriers to serve individuals living on tribal lands. pdf - Word Statement of Chairman Powell: pdf - Word Statement of Commissioner Copps: pdf - Word Statement of Commissioner Adelstein: pdf - Word
6/30/2000 ORDER (FCC 00-209) WT DOCKET 99-266 Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking In this Report and Order, we adopt rules and policies that provide incentives for wireless telecommunications carriers to serve individuals living on tribal lands. pdf - text - Word

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Last reviewed/updated on 8/12/2004.