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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1525 

To require the Department of Interior and the Department of Agriculture 

to establish an online portal to accept, process, and dispose of an application for the placement of communications facilities on certain Federal 

lands. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2021 

Mr. UPTON 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 

A BILL 

To require the Department of Interior and the Department 

of Agriculture to establish an online portal to accept, 

process, and dispose of an application for the placement 

of communications facilities on certain Federal lands. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deploying Infrastruc5 ture with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Ap6 plications Act’’ or the ‘‘DIGITAL Applications Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ONLINE PORTAL FOR FORM 

2 299. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON5 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con6 gress’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Energy and Com8 merce of the House of Representatives; 

9 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 

10 of the House of Representatives; 

11 (C) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

12 and Transportation of the Senate; and 

13 (D) the Committee on Environment and 

14 Public Works of the Senate. 

15 (2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist16 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

17 Commerce for Communications and Information. 

18 (3) DEPARTMENT CONCERNED.—The term 

19 ‘‘Department concerned’’ means the Department of 

20 the Interior or the Department of Agriculture. 

21 (4) FORM 299.—The term ‘‘Form 299’’ means 

22 the form established under section 6409(b)(2)(A) of 

23 the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act 

24 of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(2)(A)) or any successor 

25 form. 


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1 (5) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec2 retary concerned’’ means— 

3 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re4 spect to land administered by such Secretary; 

5 and 

6 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re7 spect to National Forest System land. 

8 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF ONLINE PORTAL.— 

9 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year 

10 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec11 retary concerned shall establish an online portal for 

12 the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 

13 299. 

14 (2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 3 business 

15 days after the date on which the online portal has 

16 been established pursuant to paragraph (1), the Sec17 retary concerned shall notify the Assistant Secretary 

18 of such establishment. 

19 (c) AVAILABILITY OF ONLINE PORTAL.—The Assist20 ant Secretary shall publish on the website of the National 

21 Telecommunications and Information Administration a 

22 link to each online portal established pursuant to sub23 section (b)(1). 

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