This bill requires the establishment of online portals by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to accept, process, and dispose of Form 299 for communications use authorizations on public and National Forest System lands. The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information will publish the links to these portals on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's website. The bill provides specific definitions for terms such as communications use, communications facility, and relevant covered department. It aims to streamline the management of communications facilities on public and National Forest System lands.
Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act or the DIGITAL Applications Act
This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to each establish an online portal for accepting, processing, and disposal of applications for communications use authorizations. These are requests for easements, rights-of-way, leases, licenses, or other authorizations to locate or modify a transmitting device, support structure, or other communications facility on public lands or National Forest System land.
Interior and the Forest Service must also notify the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) within three business days of establishing their respective portals, and once the portals are established, the NTIA must link to them from its website.