Congress 119 - HR 1665 - DIGITAL Applications Act

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Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Internet, web applications, social media Land use and conservation Science, Technology, Communications Telephone and wireless communication

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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.

Actions

Mar 17, 2026

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 16, 2026

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2511-2513)
Mar 16, 2026

Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Mar 16, 2026

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 16, 2026

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2511-2512)
Mar 16, 2026

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2511-2512)
Mar 16, 2026

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1665.
Mar 16, 2026

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Feb 4, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416.
Feb 4, 2026

Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Feb 4, 2026

Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-487, Part II.
Feb 4, 2026

Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-487, Part I.
Dec 3, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Dec 3, 2025

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
Nov 18, 2025

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Nov 18, 2025

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 9, 2025

Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 9, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 9, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Feb 27, 2025

Introduced in House
Feb 27, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 27, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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