DIGITAL Applications Act

Bill: 117-hr-1525
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-02
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property

Government information and archives

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Land use and conservation

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act or the DIGITAL Applications Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to establish online portals for the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 299. Form 299 is the application form for the right to install, construct, modify, or maintain a communications facility on federal real property. </p> <p>The National Telecommunications and Information Administration must publish links to each portal on its website. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1525 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act or the DIGITAL Applications Act . 2. Establishment of an online portal for Form 299 (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate committees of congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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 Assistant 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. (5) Secretary concerned The term Secretary concerned means— (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land administered by such Secretary; and (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect 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 Secretary 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 Secretary concerned shall notify the Assistant Secretary of such establishment. (c) Availability of online portal 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 (b)(1).