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H.R. 1665Passed House
DIGITAL Applications Act
Introduced: Feb 27, 2025
Latest action date: Mar 17, 2026
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Feb 27, 2025
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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.
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Science, Technology, Communications
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Government buildings, facilities, and propertyGovernment information and archivesInternet, web applications, social mediaLand use and conservationTelephone and wireless communication
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Agriculture Committee
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Natural Resources Committee
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Energy and Commerce Committee
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Communications and Technology Subcommittee
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Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
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Checked against Congress.gov Oct 1, 2026.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
IntroReferralSenateMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
FloorHouse floor actionsOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2511-2512)
FloorHouse floor actionsPassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2511-2512)
FloorLibrary of CongressDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1665.
FloorHouse floor actionsConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2511-2513)
FloorHouse floor actionsMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
FloorHouse floor actionsPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416.
CalendarsHouse floor actionsCommittee on Agriculture discharged.
DischargeHouse floor actionsCommittee on Agriculture discharged.
CommitteeLibrary of CongressReported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-487, Part II.
CommitteeHouse floor actionsReported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-487, Part II.
CommitteeLibrary of CongressReported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-487, Part I.
CommitteeHouse floor actionsReported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-487, Part I.
CommitteeLibrary of CongressCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
CommitteeHouse committee actionsOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
CommitteeHouse committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
CommitteeHouse committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsOrdered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsIntroduced in House
IntroReferralLibrary of CongressIntroduced in House
IntroReferralLibrary of CongressReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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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