DIGITAL Applications Act
Latest action · Mar 17, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 16, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2025 to Jan 7, 2026, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Feb 27, 2025 |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Dec 2, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Jan 7, 2026 |
Actions 22
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Mar 16, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2511-2513)
- Mar 16, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1665.
- Mar 16, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 16, 2026Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2026Referred in Senate
- Mar 16, 2026Engrossed in House
- Feb 4, 2026Reported in House
- Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
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