H. R. 3113 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 

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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

Public Land Act’’. 

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 

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

land managed by a Federal land management agency. 

(2) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal land management agency’’ means— 

(A) the Bureau of Reclamation; 

(B) the National Park Service; 

(C) the Bureau of Land Management; 

(D) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; 

(E) the Forest Service; and 

(F) the Corps of Engineers. 

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

road or trail designated by 1 or more of the Secretaries for 

public use. 

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

(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 

Chief of the Forest Service; 

(B) the Secretary of the Interior; and 

(C) the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. 

SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY DATA STANDARDIZATION. 

Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Secretaries shall jointly develop and adopt interagency 

standards to ensure compatibility and interoperability among 

applicable Federal databases with respect to the collection and 

dissemination of data— 

(1) relating to public outdoor recreational use on Federal 

land; and 

(2) used to depict locations at which recreation uses are 

available to the public. 
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SEC. 4. DIGITIZATION AND PUBLICATION OF EASEMENTS. 

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

enactment of this Act, each of the Secretaries, to the maximum 

extent practicable, shall digitize and publish on the applicable 

agency website geographic information system mapping data that 

specifies, with respect to the relevant Secretary, all Federal 

interests in private land, including easements (other than flowage 

easements), reservations, and rights-of-way— 

(1) to which the Federal Government does not have a 

fee title interest; and 

(2) that may be used to provide public recreational access 

to the Federal land. 

(b) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Secretaries shall develop a process 

to allow members of the public to submit questions or comments 

regarding the information described in subsection (a). 

SEC. 5. DATA CONSOLIDATION AND PUBLICATION OF ROUTE AND 

AREA DATA FOR PUBLIC RECREATIONAL USE. 

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

date of enactment of this Act, each of the Secretaries, to the maximum extent practicable, shall make publicly available on the 

website of the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and 

the Corps of Engineers, as applicable, geographic information 

system data with respect to the following: 

(1) Status information with respect to whether roads and 

trails on the Federal land are open or closed. 

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

land are seasonally closed. 

(3) The classes of vehicles and types of recreational uses 

that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails on the 

Federal land, including the permissibility of— 

(A) off-highway vehicles; 

(B) motorcycles; 

(C) nonmotorized bicycles; 

(D) electric bicycles; 

(E) passenger vehicles; 

(F) nonmechanized transportation; and 

(G) over-snow vehicles. 

(4) The boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational 

shooting (including archery, firearm discharge, and target 

shooting) is permanently restricted or prohibited on the Federal 

land. 

(b) UPDATES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, to the maximum extent 

practicable, shall update the data described in subsection (a) 

not less frequently than twice per year. 

(2) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Secretaries shall develop a 

process to allow members of the public to submit questions 

or comments regarding the information described in subsection 

(a). 

(c) EFFECT.—Geographic information system data made publicly 

available under subsection (a) shall not disclose information 

regarding the nature, location, character, or ownership of historic, 

paleontological, or archaeological resources, consistent with 

applicable law. 
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SEC. 6. COOPERATION AND COORDINATION. 

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

an agreement with a third party to carry out any provision of 

this Act. 

(b) US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—The Secretaries may work with 

the Director of the United States Geological Survey to collect, 

aggregate, digitize, standardize, or publish data on behalf of the 

Secretary of the Interior to meet the requirements of this Act. 

SEC. 7. REPORTS. 

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

Act and annually thereafter through March 30, 2031, the Secretaries shall submit a report on the progress made by the Secretaries 

with respect to meeting the requirements of this Act to— 

(1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

the Senate; 

(2) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 

the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 

Representatives; and 

(4) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

of the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

There are authorized to be appropriated— 

(1) to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this Act— 

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

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

2025; 

(2) to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this Act— 

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

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

2025; and 

(3) to the Secretary of the Army to carry out this Act— 

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

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

2025. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.