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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3113 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 16, 2022 

Received 

AN ACT 

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. 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

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

9 means any land managed by a Federal land manage10 ment agency. 

11 (2) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 

12 The term ‘‘Federal land management agency’’ 

13 means— 

14 (A) the Bureau of Reclamation; 

15 (B) the National Park Service; 

16 (C) the Bureau of Land Management; 

17 (D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 

18 Service; 

19 (E) the Forest Service; and 

20 (F) the Corps of Engineers. 

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

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

23 Secretaries for public use. 

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

25 means— 


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1 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

2 through the Chief of the Forest Service; 

3 (B) the Secretary of the Interior; and 

4 (C) the Secretary of the Army, acting 

5 through the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

6 for Civil Works. 

7 SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY DATA STANDARDIZATION. 

8 Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment 

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

10 interagency standards to ensure compatibility and inter11 operability among applicable Federal databases with re12 spect to the collection and dissemination of data— 

13 (1) relating to public outdoor recreational use 

14 on Federal land; and 

15 (2) used to depict locations at which recreation 

16 uses are available to the public. 

17 SEC. 4. DIGITIZATION AND PUBLICATION OF EASEMENTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years after the 

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

20 the maximum extent practicable, shall digitize and publish 

21 on the applicable agency website geographic information 

22 system mapping data that specifies, with respect to the 

23 relevant Secretary, all Federal interests in private land, 

24 including easements (other than flowage easements), res25 ervations, and rights-of-way— 


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1 (1) to which the Federal Government does not 

2 have a fee title interest; and 

3 (2) that may be used to provide public rec4 reational access to the Federal land. 

5 (b) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Secretaries shall de6 velop a process to allow members of the public to submit 

7 questions or comments regarding the information de8 scribed in subsection (a). 

9 SEC. 5. DATA CONSOLIDATION AND PUBLICATION OF 

10 ROUTE AND AREA DATA FOR PUBLIC REC11 REATIONAL USE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 5 years 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, each of the Secre14 taries, to the maximum extent practicable, shall make pub15 licly available on the website of the Department of the In16 terior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers, as 

17 applicable, geographic information system data with re18 spect to the following: 

19 (1) Status information with respect to whether 

20 roads and trails on the Federal land are open or 

21 closed. 

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

23 Federal land are seasonally closed. 

24 (3) The classes of vehicles and types of rec25 reational uses that are allowed on each segment of 


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1 roads and trails on the Federal land, including the 

2 permissibility of— 

3 (A) off-highway vehicles; 

4 (B) motorcycles; 

5 (C) nonmotorized bicycles; 

6 (D) electric bicycles; 

7 (E) passenger vehicles; 

8 (F) nonmechanized transportation; and 

9 (G) over-snow vehicles. 

10 (4) The boundaries of areas where hunting or 

11 recreational shooting (including archery, firearm dis12 charge, and target shooting) is permanently re13 stricted or prohibited on the Federal land. 

14 (b) UPDATES.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, to the max16 imum extent practicable, shall update the data de17 scribed in subsection (a) not less frequently than 

18 twice per year. 

19 (2) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Secretaries shall 

20 develop a process to allow members of the public to 

21 submit questions or comments regarding the infor22 mation described in subsection (a). 

23 (c) EFFECT.—Geographic information system data 

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1 acter, or ownership of historic, paleontological, or archae2 ological 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 Secretaries may 

8 work with the Director of the United States Geological 

9 Survey to collect, aggregate, digitize, standardize, or pub10 lish data on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior to meet 

11 the requirements of this Act. 

12 SEC. 7. REPORTS. 

13 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

14 of this Act and annually thereafter through March 30, 

15 2031, the Secretaries shall submit a report on the progress 

16 made by the Secretaries with respect to meeting the re17 quirements of this Act to— 

18 (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re19 sources of the Senate; 

20 (2) the Committee on Environment and Public 

21 Works of the Senate; 

22 (3) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

23 House of Representatives; and 

24 (4) the Committee on Transportation and In25 frastructure 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 

7 2023 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 

12 2023 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 

17 2023 through 2025. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 15, 

2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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