ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TRIBAL AFFAIRS  March 22, 2022 8:07 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Representative Tiffany Zulkosky, Chair Representative Dan Ortiz Representative Zack Fields Representative Geran Tarr Representative Mike Cronk MEMBERS ABSENT  All members present COMMITTEE CALENDAR  PRESENTATION: BROADBAND IN RURAL ALASKA - HEARD PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  No previous action to record WITNESS REGISTER ANDY BURKE, Special Representative Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration Washington D.C. POSITION STATEMENT: Provided invited testimony during the Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska. HALLIE BISSETT, Executive Director Alaska Native Village Corporation Association Anchorage, Alaska POSITION STATEMENT: Provided invited testimony regarding the Governor's Task Force on Broadband during the Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska. CHRISTINE O'CONNOR, Executive Director Alaska Telecom Association Anchorage, Alaska POSITION STATEMENT: Provided invited testimony via PowerPoint during the Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska. CHRISTINA SALMON-BRINGHURST, Board Member Igiugig Village Council Igiugig, Alaska POSITION STATEMENT: Provided invited testimony during the Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska. KARL HILL, Vice President Igiugig Village Council Igiugig, Alaska POSITION STATEMENT: Provided invited testimony during the Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska. ROBERT HIMSCHOOT, CEO Nushagak Cooperative Dillingham, Alaska POSITION STATEMENT: Provided invited testimony during the Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska. STEVE NOONKESSER, Superintendent Southwest Regional Schools Dillingham, Alaska POSITION STATEMENT: Provided comment during the Presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska. ACTION NARRATIVE 8:07:24 AM CHAIR TIFFANY ZULKOSKY called the House Special Committee on Tribal Affairs meeting to order at 8:07 a.m. Representatives Zulkosky, Ortiz, Fields, Cronk, and Tarr were present at the call to order. ^PRESENTATION: Broadband in Rural Alaska PRESENTATION: Broadband in Rural Alaska    8:08:42 AM CHAIR ZULKOSKY announced that the only order of business would be a presentation on Broadband in Rural Alaska PRESENTERS ANDY BURKE, HALLIE BISSETT, CHRISTINE O'CONNOR, CHRISTINA SALMON-BRINGHURST, KARL HILL, ROBERT HIMSCHOOT, and STEVE NOONKESSER NOTE: The presentation was recorded and log notes were taken. The recording is available at the legislature's web site akleg.gov or by contacting the House Records Office at State Capitol, Room 3, Juneau, Alaska 99801 (mailing address), (907)465-2214, and after adjournment of the second session of the Thirty-Second Alaska State Legislature this information may be obtained by contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808. 9:35:01 AM ADJOURNMENT  There being no further business before the committee, the House Special Committee on Tribal Affairs meeting was adjourned at 9:35 a.m.