; (B) the District of Columbia; and (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (23) Veteran The term veteran has the meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. (24) Workforce development program The term workforce development program has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 ). 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) a broadband connection and digital literacy are increasingly critical to how individuals— (A) participate in the society, economy, and civic institutions of the United States; and (B) access health care and essential services, obtain education, and build careers; (2) digital exclusion— (A) carries a high societal and economic cost; (B) materially harms the opportunity of an individual with respect to the economic success, educational achievement, positive health outcomes, social inclusion, and civic engagement of that individual; and (C) exacerbates existing wealth and income gaps, especially those experienced by covered populations; (3) achieving digital equity for all people of the United States requires additional and sustained investment and research efforts; (4) the Federal Government, as well as State, tribal, territorial, and local governments, have made social, legal, and economic obligations that necessarily extend to how the citizens and residents of those governments access and use the internet; and (5) achieving digital equity is a matter of social and economic justice and is worth pursuing. 4. State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program (a) Establishment; purpose (1) In general The Assistant Secretary shall establish in the Department of Commerce the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program (referred to in this section as the Program )— (A) the purpose of which is to promote the achievement of digital equity, support digital inclusion activities, and build capacity for efforts by States relating to the adoption of broadband by residents of those States