DIGITAL Applications Act
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1Short title
This section would let the Act be called the Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act, or the DIGITAL Applications Act.
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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 .
2Establishment of online portals to accept, process, and dispose of certain Form 299s
This section would require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the Forest Service) to each set up, within 1 year after the Act is enacted, an online portal for accepting, processing, and disposing of Form 299 applications for communications use authorizations affecting the land their department manages. Within 3 business days after a Secretary establishes that department's portal, the Secretary would have to notify the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information that the portal has been established. The Assistant Secretary would then have to publish, on the website of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a link to each portal established this way. A communications use authorization is an easement, right-of-way, lease, license, or other authorization that the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture provides to locate or modify a communications facility on covered land, for the primary purpose of authorizing occupancy and use of that land for communications use. Covered land means public lands (as defined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976) and National Forest System land (as defined in the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974). Form 299 means the form established under section 6409(b)(2)(A) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, or any successor form.
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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.
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