HR 1665 ยท DIGITAL Applications Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Introduced
- Feb 27, 2025
- Latest action
- Mar 17, 2026
- Sponsor
- Rep. Kat Cammack [R-FL-3]
- Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Cosponsors
- 3
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.
Recent actions
- Mar 17, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 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 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2511-2513)
- Mar 16, 2026 Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Feb 4, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416.
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.