Who it affects
- Applicants seeking permission for communications facilities
- Department of the Interior
- Forest Service
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Passed the HouseInternet and communicationsPublic lands
DIGITAL Applications Act
H.R. 1665 · House bill · Introduced Feb. 27, 2025
The DIGITAL Applications Act would require federal agencies to create online portals for people applying to place or modify communications facilities on public lands and national forests.
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Where it stands
Passed the House
How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- The Interior Department and Forest Service must each create an online portal to accept, process, and resolve applications.
- These applications seek permission to place or modify communications equipment, structures, or facilities on public lands or national forests.
- Each agency must notify the National Telecommunications and Information Administration within three business days after establishing its portal.
- That agency must then link to both portals from its website.
Written with AI from the official summary by Congress's research office.
How South Carolina voted
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Groups that lobbied on it and gave to SC's members
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- To require the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to establish online portals to accept, process, and dispose of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Cammack, Kat (R-FL)
- Introduced
- Feb. 27, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 3
- Committees
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee; House Agriculture Committee; House Natural Resources Committee; House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Latest action
- March 17, 2026 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
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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