Bill Tracker / 119th Congress / H.R. 1665
H.R. 1665 · 119th Congress
DIGITAL Applications Act
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. — 03/17/2026
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.
Summary as of 02/27/2025, via Congress.gov / Congressional Research Service.