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HR 1665 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

DIGITAL Applications Act

In plain language: Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act or the DIGITAL Applications Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to each establish an online portal for accepting, processing, and disposal of applications for communications use authorizations. These are requests for easements, rights-of-way, leases, licenses, or other authorizations to locate or modify a transmitting device, support structure, or other communications facility on public lands or National Forest System land. Interior and the Forest Service must also notify the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) within three business days of establishing their respective portals, and once the portals are established, the NTIA must link to them from its website.

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How it moved.

  1. Mar 17, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Mar 16, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Mar 16, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2511-2512)
  4. Mar 16, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2511-2512)
  5. Feb 4, 2026Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-487, Part II.
  6. Feb 4, 2026Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-487, Part II.
  7. Feb 4, 2026Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-487, Part I.
  8. Feb 4, 2026Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-487, Part I.
  9. Dec 3, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
  10. Apr 9, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  11. Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
  12. Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House

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