DIGITAL Applications Act
The summary
What this bill does
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.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Member of Congress · R-FL
Roll-call vote
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 1665 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| Policy Area | Science, Technology, Communications |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | February 27, 2025 |
| Latest Action | March 17, 2026 |
| Cosponsors | 3 · House vote — · 1 views |