HR 1156 United States House · 117th Congress

Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act

Summary

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 submit a report every 60 days describing whether the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture have established online portals for the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 299, as well as any barriers to the establishment of such portals. Form 299 is the application form for the right to install, construct, modify, or maintain a communications facility on federal real property. Both departments shall notify the NTIA not later than three business days after establishing their online portals.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Feb 2021

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Introduced Feb 18, 2021 Last action Mar 25, 2021

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Committee

Mar 25, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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Mar 23, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

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Feb 19, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

lower

Feb 18, 2021

Committee

Referred 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.

lower

Feb 18, 2021

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Introduced in House

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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor