H.R. 1665

Summary

H.R. 1665, the DIGITAL Applications Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 27, 2025 by Rep. Kat Cammack (R) with 3 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Natural Resources, and last saw action on Mar 17, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Record

Text

H.R. 1665 has 3 co-sponsors.

119 HR 1665 EH: Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 119th CONGRESS  2d Session
 H. R. 1665
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
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.
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 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.
     Passed the House of Representatives March 16, 2026.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Kat Cammack (R) sponsors H.R. 1665, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Kat Cammack

Rep. · R–FL-3 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 27, 2025

Doris Matsui

Rep. · D–CA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 27, 2025 · Original

April McClain-Delaney

Rep. · D–MD-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 2, 2025

Greg Landsman

Rep. · D–OH-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 7, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 1665 went before 6 committees: Energy and Natural Resources, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, Communications and Technology Subcommittee and Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee.

Energy and Natural Resources

Energy and Natural Resources

Referred To · Mar 17, 2026 · 314 Bills

Agriculture

Agriculture

Discharged From · Feb 4, 2026 · 226 Bills

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Reported By · Feb 4, 2026 · 395 Bills

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Reported By · Feb 4, 2026 · 1,636 Bills

Communications and Technology Subcommittee

Communications and Technology Subcommittee

Reported by · Nov 18, 2025

Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee

Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee

Referred to · Apr 9, 2025 · 46 Bills

Reports

2 committee reports have been filed on H.R. 1665, the latest H. Rept. 119-487,Part 1.

• H. Rept. 119-487,Part 1 — DEPLOYING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH GREATER INTERNET TRANSACTIONS AND LEGACY APPLICATIONS ACT
• H. Rept. 119-487,Part 2 — DEPLOYING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH GREATER INTERNET TRANSACTIONS AND LEGACY APPLICATIONS ACT

Actions

H.R. 1665 has taken 21 actions since Feb 27, 2025, the latest on Mar 17, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 1665 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1665 goes by 11 titles, 8 of them short titles.

• Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
• DIGITAL Applications Act — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced
• DIGITAL Applications Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• 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. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
• DIGITAL Applications Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• DIGITAL Applications Act — Display Title
• Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• DIGITAL Applications Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 2 estimates for H.R. 1665, the latest on Mar 9, 2026.

• H.R. 1665, DIGITAL Applications Act — 2026-03-09As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 4, 2026
• H.R. 1665, DIGITAL Applications Act — 2026-03-09As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 4, 2026

Lobbying

9 clients hired 8 firms and 125 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1665 in 29 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Telecommunications, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Small Business, Defense, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Transportation.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 125.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1665 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 5 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1665’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1665 carries 5 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Government buildings, facilities, and property to Telephone and wireless communication.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1665, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. CAMMACK:H.R. 1665.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution[Page H919]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com