119-hr1665

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1665 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1665

 To require the Department of the Interior and the Department of 
Agriculture to establish online portals to accept, process, and dispose 
 of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 27, 2025

 Mrs. Cammack (for herself and Ms. Matsui) introduced the following 
bill; which was 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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 A BILL

 To require the Department of the Interior and the Department of 
Agriculture to establish online portals to accept, process, and dispose 
 of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Deploying Infrastructure with 
Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act'' or the 
``DIGITAL Applications Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF ONLINE PORTALS TO ACCEPT, PROCESS, AND DISPOSE 
 OF CERTAIN FORM 299S.

    (a) Establishment of Online Portals.--

    (1) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries concerned shall each 
 establish, with respect to the relevant covered department, an 
 online portal for the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a 
 Form 299 for communications use authorizations.

    (2) Notification.--Not later than 3 business days after the 
 date on which an online portal has been established by a 
 Secretary pursuant to paragraph

    (1) , that Secretary shall 
 notify the Assistant Secretary of the establishment of such 
 portal.

    (b) Availability of Online Portals.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
publish on the website of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration a link to each online portal established 
pursuant to subsection

    (a)

    (1) .
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
 means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
 and Information.

    (2) Communications facility.--The term ``communications 
 facility'' has the meaning given the term ``communications 
 facility installation'' in 

section 6409
            (d) of the Middle Class 
 Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455
            (d) ).

    (3) Communications use.--The term ``communications use'' 
 means the placement and operation of a communications facility.

    (4) Communications use authorization.--The term 
 ``communications use authorization'' means an easement, right-
 of-way, lease, license, or other authorization--
        (A) provided by the Secretary of the Interior or 
 the Secretary of Agriculture;
        (B) to locate or modify a communications facility 
 on covered land; and
            (C) for the primary purpose of authorizing the 
 occupancy and use of such covered land for 
 communications use.

    (5) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means--
        (A) public lands; and
        (B) National Forest System land.

    (6) Form 299.--The term ``Form 299'' means the form 
 established under 

section 6409

    (b)

    (2)
        (A) of the Middle Class Tax 
 Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455

    (b)

    (2)
        (A) ), 
 or any successor form.

    (7) National forest system.--The term ``National Forest 
 System'' has the meaning given that term in 

section 11

    (a) of 
 the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609

    (a) ).

    (8) Public lands.--The term ``public lands'' has the 
 meaning given that term in 

section 103 of the Federal Land 
 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).

    (9) Relevant covered department.--The term ``relevant 
 covered department'' means--
        (A) with respect to the Secretary of the Interior, 
 the Department of the Interior; and
        (B) with respect to the Secretary of Agriculture, 
 the Department of Agriculture.

    (10) Secretaries concerned.--The term ``Secretaries 
 concerned'' means--
        (A) the Secretary of the Interior; and
        (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 
 the Chief of the Forest Service.
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