I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7377 
To require the Department of Interior and 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 
JUNE 25, 2020 
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 Department of 
Agriculture to establish an online portal to accept, proc-
ess, and dispose of an application 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deploying Infrastruc-
ture with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Ap-
plications Act’’ or the ‘‘DIGITAL Applications Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT 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) DEPARTMENT
CONCERNED.—The term 
‘‘Department concerned’’ means the Department of 
the Interior or the Department of Agriculture. 
(4) 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. 
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(5) 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) ESTABLISHMENT OF ONLINE PORTAL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary concerned shall establish an online portal for 
the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 
299. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 3 business 
days after the date on which the online portal has 
been established pursuant to paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary concerned shall notify the Assistant Secretary 
of such establishment. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF ONLINE PORTAL.—The Assist-
ant Secretary shall publish on the internet website of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration a link to each online portal established pursuant 
to subsection (b)(1). 
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