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 periodically report on the development of online portals for the acceptance, processing, and disposal of applications for communications use authorizations. Communications use authorizations 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. Specifically, the NTIA must report to Congress about (1) whether the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service have each established a portal, and (2) any barriers to establishing the portals. The NTIA must submit the first report within 90 days of the enactment of the bill and additional reports every 60 days thereafter until the portals are established. Additionally, Interior and the Forest Service must notify the NTIA within three business days of establishing their respective portals.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Last action Feb 4, 2026
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-486, Part I.
lower
Dec 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Nov 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
lower
Nov 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
lower
Feb 26, 2025
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 26, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
RRepublican
Co
Debbie Dingell
DDemocratic
Co
Greg Landsman
DDemocratic
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