DIGITAL Applications Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3299 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 15, 2023 Mrs. CAMMACK (for herself and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addi- tion 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 com- mittee concerned A BILL To require the Department of the Interior and the Depart- ment of Agriculture to establish online portals to accept, process, and dispose of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes. 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 01:26 May 26, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3299.IH H3299 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3299 IH SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF ONLINE PORTALS TO ACCEPT, 1 PROCESS, AND DISPOSE OF CERTAIN FORM 2 299s. 3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ONLINE PORTALS.— 4 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year 5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec- 6 retaries concerned shall each establish, with respect 7 to the relevant covered department, an online portal 8 for the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a 9 Form 299 for communications use authorizations. 10 (2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 3 business 11 days after the date on which an online portal has 12 been established by a Secretary pursuant to para- 13 graph (1), that Secretary shall notify the Assistant 14 Secretary of the establishment of such portal. 15 (b) AVAILABILITY OF ONLINE PORTALS.—The As- 16 sistant Secretary shall publish on the website of the Na- 17 tional Telecommunications and Information Administra- 18 tion a link to each online portal established pursuant to 19 subsection (a)(1). 20 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 21 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist- 22 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 23 Commerce for Communications and Information. 24 (2) COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY.—The term 25 ‘‘communications facility’’ has the meaning given the 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:26 May 26, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3299.IH H3299 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 3299 IH term ‘‘communications facility installation’’ in sec- 1 tion 6409(d) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 2 Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(d)). 3 (3) COMMUNICATIONS USE.—The term ‘‘com- 4 munications use’’ means the placement and oper- 5 ation of a communications facility. 6 (4) COMMUNICATIONS USE AUTHORIZATION.— 7 The term ‘‘communications use authorization’’ 8 means an easement, right-of-way, lease, license, or 9 other authorization— 10 (A) provided by the Secretary of the Inte- 11 rior or the Secretary of Agriculture; 12 (B) to locate or modify a communications 13 facility on covered land; and 14 (C) for the primary purpose of authorizing 15 the occupancy and use of such covered land for 16 communications use. 17 (5) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 18 means— 19 (A) public lands; and 20 (B) National Forest System land. 21 (6) FORM 299.—The term ‘‘Form 299’’ means 22 the form established under section 6409(b)(2)(A) of 23 the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:26 May 26, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3299.IH H3299 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 3299 IH of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(b)(2)(A)), or any successor 1 form. 2 (7) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—The term 3 ‘‘National Forest System’’ has the meaning given 4 that term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Range- 5 land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 6 U.S.C. 1609(a)). 7 (8) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’ 8 has the meaning given that term in section 103 of 9 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 10 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). 11 (9) RELEVANT COVERED DEPARTMENT.—The 12 term ‘‘relevant covered department’’ means— 13 (A) with respect to the Secretary of the In- 14 terior, the Department of the Interior; and 15 (B) with respect to the Secretary of Agri- 16 culture, the Department of Agriculture. 17 (10) SECRETARIES CONCERNED.—The term 18 ‘‘Secretaries concerned’’ means— 19 (A) the Secretary of the Interior; and 20 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 21 through the Chief of the Forest Service. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:26 May 26, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3299.IH H3299 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB