Requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to report to Congress every 60 days on whether the Interior and Agriculture Departments have set up online portals for processing Form 299 applications to place communications equipment on federal lands, and on any barriers to doing so.

Official title: Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 26-FEB-2025

Referred 26-FEB-2025

Approved by committee 03-DEC-2025

Reported 04-FEB-2026

Key points

Requires an initial report within 90 days of enactment, then reports every 60 days until both the Interior and Agriculture Departments have set up a portal.
Requires the Interior Department and the Forest Service to notify the Assistant Secretary within 3 business days after a portal is established.
Covers public lands and National Forest System land for placing and operating communications facilities such as cell towers.

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Official CRS summary

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Committee referrals (4)

Policy area

Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) Cosponsors · 2

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2 Democrats

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