I 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 applica- tion 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deploying Infrastruc- 4 ture with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Ap- 5 plications Act’’ or the ‘‘DIGITAL Applications Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1525.IH H1525 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1525 IH SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ONLINE PORTAL FOR FORM 1 299. 2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 3 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON- 4 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con- 5 gress’’ means— 6 (A) the Committee on Energy and Com- 7 merce of the House of Representatives; 8 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 9 of the House of Representatives; 10 (C) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 11 and Transportation of the Senate; and 12 (D) the Committee on Environment and 13 Public Works of the Senate. 14 (2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist- 15 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 16 Commerce for Communications and Information. 17 (3) DEPARTMENT CONCERNED.—The term 18 ‘‘Department concerned’’ means the Department of 19 the Interior or the Department of Agriculture. 20 (4) FORM 299.—The term ‘‘Form 299’’ means 21 the form established under section 6409(b)(2)(A) of 22 the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act 23 of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(2)(A)) or any successor 24 form. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1525.IH H1525 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1525 IH (5) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec- 1 retary concerned’’ means— 2 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re- 3 spect to land administered by such Secretary; 4 and 5 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re- 6 spect to National Forest System land. 7 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF ONLINE PORTAL.— 8 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year 9 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- 10 retary concerned shall establish an online portal for 11 the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 12 299. 13 (2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 3 business 14 days after the date on which the online portal has 15 been established pursuant to paragraph (1), the Sec- 16 retary concerned shall notify the Assistant Secretary 17 of such establishment. 18 (c) AVAILABILITY OF ONLINE PORTAL.—The Assist- 19 ant Secretary shall publish on the website of the National 20 Telecommunications and Information Administration a 21 link to each online portal established pursuant to sub- 22 section (b)(1). 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1525.IH H1525 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS