DIGITAL Applications Act
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Cosponsors (3)
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2026-03-17
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2026-03-17
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReported By · 2026-02-04
- House Committee on AgricultureDischarged From · 2026-02-04
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesReported By · 2026-02-04
Previously
- Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To · 2026-03-17
- Agriculture CommitteeDischarged From · 2026-02-04
- Energy and Commerce CommitteeReported By · 2026-02-04
- Natural Resources CommitteeReported By · 2026-02-04
- Energy and Commerce CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-12-03
Plain-English 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.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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