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Calendar No. 284 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 904 

[Report No. 117–83] 

To require the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and 

the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to digitize and 

make publicly available geographic information system mapping data 

relating to public access to Federal land and waters for outdoor recreation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 23, 2021 

Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. DAINES, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. CRAPO, 

Mr. MANCHIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. KELLY, Mr. BARRASSO, Ms. LUMMIS, 

Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. CRUZ, and Ms. ROSEN) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

FEBRUARY 28, 2022 

Reported by Mr. MANCHIN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 

Agriculture, and the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

for Civil Works to digitize and make publicly available 

geographic information system mapping data relating to 


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public access to Federal land and waters for outdoor 

recreation, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Modernizing Access 

5 to our Public Land Act’’ or the ‘‘MAPLand Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) recreational fishing and hunting and other 

9 forms of outdoor recreation are important and tradi10 tional activities in which millions of people in the 

11 United States participate; 

12 (2) a lack of information about publicly avail13 able outdoor recreation opportunities depresses par14 ticipation in those traditional activities; 

15 (3) it is in the public interest to provide en16 hanced and expanded information about access to 

17 Federal land for recreational opportunities; 

18 (4) modern Global Positioning System tech19 nologies can provide detailed and real-time informa20 tion to the public about access to, and recreation op21 portunities on, Federal land; 

22 (5) many of the access easement records held 

23 by Federal land management agencies are held on 


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1 paper files and cannot be easily integrated into dig2 ital mapping systems; and 

3 (6) Federal land management agencies 

4 should— 

5 (A) accelerate efforts to digitize rec6 reational access information into geospatial 

7 files; and 

8 (B) make that recreational access informa9 tion available to the public. 

10 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this Act: 

12 (1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

13 means any land or water managed by a Federal land 

14 management agency. 

15 (2) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 

16 The term ‘‘Federal land management agency’’ 

17 means— 

18 (A) the Bureau of Reclamation; 

19 (B) the National Park Service; 

20 (C) the Bureau of Land Management; 

21 (D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 

22 Service; 

23 (E) the Forest Service; and 

24 (F) the Corps of Engineers. 


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1 (3) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 

2 means— 

3 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

4 (B) the Secretary of the Interior; and 

5 (C) the Secretary of the Army, acting 

6 through the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

7 for Civil Works. 

8 SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY DATA STANDARDIZATION. 

9 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

10 of this Act, the Secretaries shall jointly develop and adopt 

11 interagency standards to ensure compatibility and inter12 operability among applicable Federal databases with re13 spect to the collection and dissemination of outdoor recre14 ation data relating to Federal land. 

15 SEC. 5. DATA CONSOLIDATION, DIGITIZATION, AND PUBLI16 CATION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 

18 date of enactment of this Act, each of the Secretaries, to 

19 the maximum extent practicable, shall digitize and make 

20 publicly available on the website of the Department of the 

21 Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers, 

22 as applicable, geographic information system mapping 

23 data that includes, with respect to the Federal land ad24 ministered by the relevant Secretary— 


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1 (1) all Federal interests, including easements 

2 and rights-of-way, in private land— 

3 (A) to which the Federal Government does 

4 not have a fee title interest; and 

5 (B) that is used to provide recreational ac6 cess to the Federal land; 

7 (2) status information with respect to whether 

8 roads and trails on the Federal land are open or 

9 closed; 

10 (3) the dates on which roads and trails on the 

11 Federal land are seasonally opened and closed; 

12 (4) the types of vehicles that are allowed on 

13 each segment of the roads and trails on the Federal 

14 land, including the permissibility of— 

15 (A) off-highway vehicles; 

16 (B) motorcycles; 

17 (C) bicycles; and 

18 (D) passenger vehicles; 

19 (5) the boundaries of areas where hunting or 

20 recreational shooting is regulated or closed on the 

21 Federal land; and 

22 (6) the boundaries of any portion of a body of 

23 water on the Federal land that— 

24 (A) is closed to entry; 

25 (B) is closed to watercraft; or 


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1 (C) has horsepower limitations for water2 craft. 

3 (b) UPDATES.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall bienni5 ally update the data described in subsection (a). 

6 (2) PUBLIC EVALUATION OF ACCURACY.—The 

7 Secretaries shall include on each website referred to 

8 in subsection (a), as applicable, a point of contact to 

9 allow members of the public to confirm or dispute 

10 the accuracy of the information described in that 

11 subsection. 

12 SEC. 6. REPORTS. 

13 Not later than October 1 of each year— 

14 (1) each of the Secretary of the Interior and 

15 the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the 

16 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 

17 Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of 

18 the House of Representatives a report on the 

19 progress made by the Secretary of the Interior and 

20 the Secretary of Agriculture, respectively, toward 

21 meeting the requirements of section 5; and 

22 (2) the Secretary of the Army, acting through 

23 the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, 

24 shall submit to the Committee on Environment and 

25 Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on 


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1 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

2 Representatives a report on the progress made by 

3 the Secretary of the Army, acting through the As4 sistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, to5 ward meeting the requirements of section 5. 

6 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 There are authorized to be appropriated— 

8 (1) to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out 

9 this Act— 

10 (A) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 

11 (B) $5,500,000 for each of fiscal years 

12 2023 and 2024; 

13 (2) to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out 

14 this Act— 

15 (A) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 

16 (B) $5,500,000 for each of fiscal years 

17 2023 and 2024; and 

18 (3) to the Secretary of the Army to carry out 

19 this Act— 

20 (A) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 

21 (B) $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 

22 2023 and 2024. 

23 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

24 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Modernizing Access to 

25 Our Public Land Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

4 means any land managed by a Federal land manage5 ment agency. 

6 (2) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—The 

7 term ‘‘Federal land management agency’’ means— 

8 (A) the Bureau of Reclamation; 

9 (B) the National Park Service; 

10 (C) the Bureau of Land Management; 

11 (D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 

12 Service; 

13 (E) the Forest Service; and 

14 (F) the Corps of Engineers. 

15 (3) ROAD OR TRAIL.—The term ‘‘road or trail’’ 

16 means a road or trail designated by 1 or more of the 

17 Secretaries for public use. 

18 (4) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 

19 means— 

20 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

21 through the Chief of the Forest Service; 

22 (B) the Secretary of the Interior; and 

23 (C) the Secretary of the Army, acting 

24 through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 

25 Civil Works. 


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1 SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY DATA STANDARDIZATION. 

2 Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act, the Secretaries shall jointly develop and adopt 

4 interagency standards to ensure compatibility and inter5 operability among applicable Federal databases with re6 spect to the collection and dissemination of data— 

7 (1) relating to outdoor recreation sites on Fed8 eral land; and 

9 (2) used to depict locations at which recreation 

10 uses are available to the public. 

11 SEC. 4. DIGITIZATION AND PUBLICATION OF EASEMENTS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appro13 priations, not later than 4 years after the date of enactment 

14 of this Act, each of the Secretaries, to the maximum extent 

15 practicable, shall digitize and make publicly available on 

16 the website of the Department of the Interior, the Forest 

17 Service, and the Corps of Engineers, as applicable, geo18 graphic information system mapping data that specifies, 

19 with respect to the relevant Secretary, all Federal interests 

20 in private land, including easements, reservations, and 

21 rights-of-way— 

22 (1) to which the Federal Government does not 

23 have a fee title interest; and 

24 (2) that may be used to provide recreational ac25 cess to the Federal land. 


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1 (b) PUBLIC EVALUATION OF ACCURACY.—The Secre2 taries shall include on each website referred to in subsection 

3 (a), as applicable, a point of contact to allow members of 

4 the public to ask questions or provide feedback regarding 

5 the information described in that subsection. 

6 SEC. 5. DATA CONSOLIDATION AND PUBLICATION OF 

7 ROUTE AND AREA DATA FOR RECREATION 

8 USERS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appro10 priations, beginning not later than 5 years after the date 

11 of enactment of this Act, each of the Secretaries, to the max12 imum extent practicable, shall make publicly available on 

13 the website of the Department of the Interior, the Forest 

14 Service, and the Corps of Engineers, as applicable, geo15 graphic information system data with respect to the fol16 lowing: 

17 (1) Status information with respect to whether 

18 roads and trails on the Federal land are open or 

19 closed. 

20 (2) The dates on which roads and trails on the 

21 Federal land are seasonally closed. 

22 (3) The classes of vehicles and types of rec23 reational uses that are allowed on each segment of 

24 roads and trails on the Federal land, including the 

25 permissibility of— 


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1 (A) off-highway vehicles; 

2 (B) motorcycles; 

3 (C) nonmotorized bicycles; 

4 (D) electric bicycles; 

5 (E) passenger vehicles; 

6 (F) nonmechanized transportation; and 

7 (G) over-snow vehicles. 

8 (4) The boundaries of areas where hunting or 

9 recreational shooting (including archery, firearm dis10 charge, and target shooting) is regulated or closed on 

11 the Federal land. 

12 (b) UPDATES.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall update 

14 the data described in subsection (a) not less frequently 

15 than 2 times per year. 

16 (2) PUBLIC EVALUATION OF ACCURACY.—The 

17 Secretaries shall include on each website referred to in 

18 subsection (a), as applicable, a point of contact to 

19 allow members of the public to ask questions or pro20 vide feedback regarding the information described in 

21 that subsection. 

22 (c) EFFECT.—Geographic information system data 

23 made publicly available under subsection (a) shall not dis24 close information regarding the nature, location, character, 


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1 or ownership of historic, paleontological, or archaeological 

2 resources, consistent with applicable law. 

3 SEC. 6. COOPERATION AND COORDINATION. 

4 (a) THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS.—The Secretaries may 

5 enter into an agreement with a third party to carry out 

6 any provision of this Act. 

7 (b) US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—The Director of the 

8 United States Geological Survey may collect, aggregate, 

9 digitize, standardize, or publish data on behalf of the Sec10 retary of the Interior to meet the requirements of this Act. 

11 SEC. 7. REPORTS. 

12 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

13 this Act and annually thereafter through September 30, 

14 2031, the Secretaries shall submit a report on the progress 

15 made by the Secretaries with respect to meeting the require16 ments of this Act to— 

17 (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re18 sources of the Senate; 

19 (2) the Committee on Environment and Public 

20 Works of the Senate; 

21 (3) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

22 House of Representatives; and 

23 (4) the Committee on Transportation and Infra24 structure of the House of Representatives. 


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1 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated— 

3 (1) to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out 

4 this Act— 

5 (A) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 

6 (B) $5,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

7 through 2025; 

8 (2) to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out 

9 this Act— 

10 (A) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 

11 (B) $5,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

12 through 2025; and 

13 (3) to the Secretary of the Army to carry out 

14 this Act— 

15 (A) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 

16 (B) $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

17 through 2025. 


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Calendar No. 284 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 904 

[Report No. 117–83] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior, the Secrecreation, and for other purposes. cess to Federal land and waters for outdoor tion system mapping data relating to public ac- and make publicly available geographic informa- retary of the Army for Civil Works to digitize retary of Agriculture, and the Assistant SecFEBRUARY 28, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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