HR 1665 United States House · 119th Congress

DIGITAL Applications Act

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.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Mar 17, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 1 edit · Mar 16, 2026

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made between the Introduced and Engrossed versions of HR 1665. The differences are limited to minor formatting adjustments, including reflowed line breaks in section headings and the addition of two blank lines for readability. The bill's content, scope, definitions, and requirements remain identical.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes only: line breaks were adjusted in section 2 headings and subsection labels, and two blank lines were inserted (after subsection (b) and within definition (10)) for improved readability. No policy language was altered.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 17, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

upper

Mar 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2511-2512)

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee on Agriculture discharged.

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-487, Part II.

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-487, 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

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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 27, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors