1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications Opportunities for Workers Engaging in Real Infrastructure Deployment Act of 2019 or the TOWER Infrastructure Deployment Act of 2019 . 2. Telecommunications workforce development advisory council Part I of title III of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 344. Telecommunications workforce development advisory council (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term Advisory Council means the Telecommunications Workforce Development Advisory Council established under subsection (b); (2) the term communications facility installation has the meaning given the term in section 6409(d) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1455(d) ); and (3) the term minority institution has the meaning given the term in section 365 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067k ). (b) Establishment There is established within the Commission a Telecommunications Workforce Development Advisory Council. (c) Duties The Advisory Council shall advise the Commission on, and develop recommendations with respect to— (1) the needs of the workforce in the communications industry to promote the deployment of communications facility installations; (2) ways to encourage participation in industry-led workforce development programs