DIGITAL Applications Act passed the House 382 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
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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.
- Committees
- House Agriculture Committee
House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications: 52 of 2,109 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.5%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 50 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 478 words
- Subjects
- Government buildings, facilities, and propertyGovernment information and archivesInternet, web applications, social mediaLand use and conservationTelephone and wireless communication
- Latest action
- Mar 17, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
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