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HR 1156 117th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Congressional oversight Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Infrastructure development Land use and conservation Telephone and wireless communication

Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act

Introduced: February 18, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Mar 23, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Feb 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Feb 18, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Facilitating the Deployment of Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act or the Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act

This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to submit a report every 60 days describing whether the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture have established online portals for the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 299, as well as any barriers to the establishment of such portals. Form 299 is the application form for the right to install, construct, modify, or maintain a communications facility on federal real property. Both departments shall notify the NTIA not later than three business days after establishing their online portals.

What's happening now March 25, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Feb 24, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1156: Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1156/
MLA
"H.R. 1156: Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1156/.
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H.R. 1156, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1156/.
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