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H.R. 1588In committee
Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act
Introduced: Feb 26, 2025
Latest action date: Feb 4, 2026
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Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-486, Part I.
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- 119th Congress
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- Feb 26, 2025
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What this bill does
Facilitating the Deployment of Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act or the Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to periodically report on the development of online portals for the acceptance, processing, and disposal of applications for communications use authorizations. Communications use authorizations 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.
Specifically, the NTIA must report to Congress about (1) whether the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service have each established a portal, and (2) any barriers to establishing the portals. The NTIA must submit the first report within 90 days of the enactment of the bill and additional reports every 60 days thereafter until the portals are established.
Additionally, Interior and the Forest Service must notify the NTIA within three business days of establishing their respective portals.
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Science, Technology, Communications
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Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsInternet, web applications, social mediaPerformance measurement
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Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-486, Part I.
CommitteeLibrary of CongressReported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-486, Part I.
CommitteeHouse floor actionsOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 0.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
CommitteeHouse committee actionsForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
CommitteeHouse committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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