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HR 1665 · in committee · niche

DIGITAL Applications Act

What this bill does

  • Requires Interior Department and Forest Service to create online portals for communications facility permits on public lands.
  • Affects companies and individuals seeking to build cell towers, antennas, or other communications infrastructure on federal property.
  • Agencies must notify telecom officials within three business days of launching portals; no new federal spending mechanism specified.

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    How might faster permitting for communications infrastructure on federal lands affect rural broadband access and deployment timelines?

  2. 02

    What oversight mechanisms should be in place to balance efficient permitting with environmental and land-use protections on public lands?

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    Why does the bill not specify funding for these new online portals, and how might agencies implement them within existing budgets?

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Introduced 2026-03-17

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-03-17 · senate · IntroReferral

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

  2. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

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

  4. 2026-03-16 · Floor

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

  5. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1665.

  6. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2511-2513)

  7. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  8. 2026-02-04 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416.

  9. 2026-02-04 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  10. 2026-02-04 · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  11. 2026-02-04 · house · Committee

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

  12. 2026-02-04 · Committee

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

  13. 2026-02-04 · house · Committee

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

  14. 2026-02-04 · Committee

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

  15. 2025-12-03 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.

  16. 2025-12-03 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  17. 2025-11-18 · house · Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

  18. 2025-11-18 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  19. 2025-04-09 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

  20. 2025-04-09 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  21. 2025-04-09 · house · Committee

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

  22. 2025-02-27 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

  23. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  24. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  25. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

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