DIGITAL Applications Act

Sponsored by Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) · 3 active : 3 Democrats

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedMar 16, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

13 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

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.

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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.

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Agriculture · HouseDischarged from · Referred to
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Communications and Technology · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development · HouseReferred to
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Internet, web applications, social media

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

75Swing 70–100
227Middle 30–70
125Entrenched 0–30
6Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 6 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 5.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 139 · Jul 14, 2026 · Roll call 598On PassageSunshine Protection Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1717 · Jul 15, 2025 · Roll call 195On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassCommunications Security Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1534 · Mar 25, 2025 · Roll call 73On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassIMPACT Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8958 · Sep 23, 2024 · Roll call 1159On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNASA Reauthorization Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4510 · May 15, 2024 · Roll call 923On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNTIA Reauthorization Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4143 · May 8, 2024 · Roll call 913On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNational Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4755 · Apr 29, 2024 · Roll call 872On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPrivacy Enhancing Technology Research Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4866 · Apr 29, 2024 · Roll call 871On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedFire Weather Development Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 7521 · Mar 13, 2024 · Roll call 804On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedProtecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1338 · Jul 25, 2023 · Roll call 364On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedSatellite And Telecommunications Streamlining Act
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1715 · May 9, 2023 · Roll call 203On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassAdvanced Weather Model Computing Development Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

3 active

Show all 3 cosponsors

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4House Committee on Natural ResourcesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 24% of 11 similar votes
100Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Energy and CommerceCommunications and TechnologyOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 15% of 11 similar votes
99Swing
ContactCall
3
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3House Committee on AgricultureOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 13% of 11 similar votes
98Swing
ContactCall
4
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1House Committee on AgricultureCommodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural DevelopmentHouse Committee on Natural ResourcesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 30% of 3 similar votes
97Swing
ContactCall
5
Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1House Committee on AgricultureCommodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development (Ranking Member)On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 21% of 11 similar votes
97Swing
ContactCall
6
David G. ValadaoRepublican · California 22nd · Lean R+1House Committee on AgricultureOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 12% of 11 similar votes
95Swing
ContactCall
7
Jennifer A. KiggansRepublican · Virginia 2nd · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Natural ResourcesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 14% of 11 similar votes
94Swing
ContactCall
8
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 23% of 11 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-3536 Website
9
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 25% of 11 similar votes
93Swing
ContactCall 202-225-4276 Website
10
Susie LeeDemocrat · Nevada 3rd · Lean D+1House Committee on Natural ResourcesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 8% of 11 similar votes
92Swing
ContactCall