H.R. 1665 · Passed House · Science, Technology, Communications

DIGITAL Applications Act

Sponsor: Kat Cammack (R-FL)

What it does

• Requires the Department of the Interior to establish an online portal for accepting, processing, and disposing of applications for communications use authorizations on public lands.
• Requires the Forest Service to establish an online portal for accepting, processing, and disposing of applications for communications use authorizations on National Forest System land.
• Mandates that Interior and Forest Service notify the National Telecommunications and Information Administration within three business days of establishing their portals.
• Requires the NTIA to link to both Interior and Forest Service portals from its website once established.

Official 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.

Latest action

Mar 17, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources