Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Feb 27, 2025
Step 2
Referred
Apr 9, 2025
Agriculture · E&C · Natural Resources +1
Step 3
Committee
Apr 9, 2025
Reported out
Step 4
House floor
Mar 16, 2026
Passed House
Step 5
Senate
Mar 17, 2026
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
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...
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Timeline · 25 actions
Mar 17, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 16, 2026
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Mar 16, 2026
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mar 16, 2026
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1665.
Mar 16, 2026
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Mar 16, 2026
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 16, 2026
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2511-2512)
Mar 16, 2026
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2511-2512)
Mar 16, 2026
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2511-2513)
Feb 4, 2026
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-487, Part I.
Feb 4, 2026
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-487, Part II.
Feb 4, 2026
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Feb 4, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416.
Dec 3, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Dec 3, 2025
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
Nov 18, 2025
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Nov 18, 2025
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Apr 9, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Apr 9, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 9, 2025
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in House
Feb 27, 2025
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.
Feb 27, 2025
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.
Feb 27, 2025
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.
Feb 27, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.