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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7367 
To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information to report to Congress every 60 days on barriers to implemen-
tation by the Department of Interior and Department of Agriculture 
of 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 
JUNE 25, 2020 
Mr. MCKINLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agri-
culture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined 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 Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Commu-
nications and Information to report to Congress every 
60 days on barriers to implementation by the Depart-
ment of Interior and Department of Agriculture of an 
online portal to accept, process, and dispose of an appli-
cation for the placement of communications facilities on 
certain Federal lands. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Facilitating the De-
ployment of Infrastructure with Greater Internet Trans-
actions And Legacy Applications Act’’ or the ‘‘Facilitating 
DIGITAL Applications Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ONLINE 
PORTAL FOR FORM 299. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate. 
(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information. 
(3) COMMUNICATIONS
FACILITY.—The term 
‘‘communications facility’’ includes— 
(A) any infrastructure, including any 
transmitting device, tower, or support structure, 
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and any equipment, switches, wiring, cabling, 
power sources, shelters, or cabinets, associated 
with the licensed or permitted unlicensed wire-
less or wireline transmission of writings, signs, 
signals, data, images, pictures, and sounds of 
all kinds; and 
(B) any antenna or apparatus that— 
(i) is designed for the purpose of 
emitting radio frequency; 
(ii) is designed to be operated, or is 
operating, from a fixed location pursuant 
to authorization by the Commission or is 
using duly authorized devices that do not 
require individual licenses; and 
(iii) is added to a tower, building, or 
other structure. 
(4) COMMUNICATIONS USE.—The term ‘‘com-
munications use’’ means the placement and oper-
ation of a communications facility. 
(5) COMMUNICATIONS USE AUTHORIZATION.— 
The term ‘‘communications use authorization’’ 
means an easement, right-of-way, lease, license, or 
other authorization to locate or modify a commu-
nications facility on covered land by the Department 
concerned for the primary purpose of authorizing 
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the occupancy and use of the covered land for com-
munications use. 
(6) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 
means— 
(A) public land administered by the Sec-
retary of the Interior; and 
(B) National Forest System land. 
(7) DEPARTMENT
CONCERNED.—The term 
‘‘Department concerned’’ means the Department of 
the Interior or the Department of Agriculture. 
(8) 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. 
(9) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to public land; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System land. 
(b) BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, and every 60 
days thereafter until the notification described in 
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paragraph (2), the Assistant Secretary shall submit 
a report to the appropriate committees in Con-
gress— 
(A) describing whether the Department 
concerned has established an online portal for 
the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a 
Form 299; and 
(B) describing barriers to the establish-
ment of an online portal for the acceptance, 
processing, and disposal of a Form 299. 
(2) NOTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The Secretary 
concerned shall notify the Assistant Secretary not 
later than 3 business days after the Department 
concerned has established an online portal for the 
acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 299. 
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