House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act
Official title: To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to report to Congress on any barriers to establishing online portals to accept, process, and dispose of certain Form 299s, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
- Committee actionDec 3, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2026 — Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-486, Part I.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1588.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1588, Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act” on February 24, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 4, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2026 ↗
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62175
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1588, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-486 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 4, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 4, 2026 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/486
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1588, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 38, February 26, 2025, Page H879):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 1588, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.