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This bill, the Emergency Broadband Connections Act of 2020, would provide a benefit for broadband service during emergency periods related to COVID-19. The key provisions include: 1. Requiring the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish regulations that would provide eligible households with a monthly discount on their internet service offering, up to $50 ($75 for Tribal lands), during an emergency period. 2. Allowing providers to be reimbursed from the newly established Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund for providing the discounted service and, in some cases, for supplying eligible households with a connected device. 3. Enhancing the minimum service standards for the Lifeline program (which provides discounted phone and internet service to low-income consumers) during emergency periods, such as providing unlimited monthly voice minutes and data. 4. Providing grants to states to connect their supplemental nutrition assistance program databases to the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier, to streamline the process of determining household eligibility for these broadband and Lifeline benefits.

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