HR 1665

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.

Bill status

Status

Reported

Sponsor

Rep. Kat Cammack [R-FL-3]

Cosponsors

3

Policy area

Science, Technology, Communications

Introduced

2025-02-27

Latest action

2026-03-17: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Committee referrals

• Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2026-03-17
• Agriculture Committee: House · Discharged From · 2026-02-04
• Natural Resources Committee: House · Reported By · 2026-02-04
• Energy and Commerce Committee: House · Reported By · 2026-02-04
• Energy and Commerce Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-12-03

Recent actions

• 2026-03-17: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
• 2026-03-16: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
• 2026-03-16: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2511-2512)
• 2026-03-16: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2511-2512)
• 2026-03-16: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1665.