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Union Calendar No. 200 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3113 

[Report No. 117–272, Part I] 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2021 

Mr. MOORE of Utah (for himself, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. NEGUSE, and Ms. 

SCHRIER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

MARCH 15, 2022 

Additional sponsors: Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. CASE, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. 

OBERNOLTE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. CROW, and 

Miss RICE of New York 

MARCH 15, 2022 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

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


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MARCH 15, 2022 

Committees on Agriculture and Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; 

committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 

Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 11, 2021] 

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 

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 to 

5 our Public Land Act’’, or ‘‘MAPLand Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

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

9 means any land or water managed by a Federal land 

10 management agency. 

11 (2) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—The 

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

13 (A) the Bureau of Reclamation; 

14 (B) the National Park Service; 

15 (C) the Bureau of Land Management; 

16 (D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 

17 Service; 

18 (E) the Forest Service; and 

19 (F) the Corps of Engineers. 

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

21 means— 

22 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

23 (B) the Secretary of the Interior; and 


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1 (C) the Secretary of the Army, acting 

2 through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 

3 Civil Works. 

4 SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY DATA STANDARDIZATION. 

5 Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment 

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

7 interagency standards to ensure compatibility and inter8 operability among applicable Federal databases with re9 spect to the collection and dissemination of outdoor recre10 ation data relating to Federal land. 

11 SEC. 4. DATA CONSOLIDATION, DIGITIZATION, AND PUBLI12 CATION. 

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

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

15 the maximum extent practicable, shall digitize and make 

16 publicly available on the website of the Department of the 

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

18 as applicable, geographic information system mapping data 

19 that includes, with respect to the Federal land administered 

20 by the relevant Secretary— 

21 (1) all Federal interests, including easements, 

22 reservations, and rights-of-way, in private land— 

23 (A) to which the Federal Government does 

24 not have a fee title interest; and 

25 (B) that are open to public recreational use; 


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1 (2) status information with respect to whether 

2 Roads and Trails on the Federal land are open or 

3 closed; 

4 (3) the dates on which Roads and Trails on the 

5 Federal land are seasonally opened and closed; 

6 (4) the types of vehicles and recreational uses 

7 that are allowed on each segment of the Roads and 

8 Trails on the Federal land, including the permissi9 bility of— 

10 (A) non-mechanized transportation; 

11 (B) off-highway vehicles; 

12 (C) motorcycles; 

13 (D) non-motorized bicycles; 

14 (E) electric bicycles; and 

15 (F) passing vehicles; 

16 (5) the boundaries of areas where hunting, weap17 on discharge, or recreational shooting is regulated or 

18 closed on the Federal land; and 

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

20 water on the Federal land that— 

21 (A) is closed to entry; 

22 (B) is closed to watercraft; 

23 (C) has horsepower limitations or gasoline 

24 motor restrictions for watercraft; or 


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1 (D) nothing in this subpart requires the 

2 Federal land management agency to collect and 

3 compile information on watercraft restrictions 

4 imposed by other entities. 

5 (b) UPDATES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall bienni7 ally update the data described in subsection (a). 

8 (2) PUBLIC EVALUATION OF ACCURACY.—The 

9 Secretaries shall include on each website referred to in 

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

11 allow members of the public to confirm or dispute the 

12 accuracy of the information described in that sub13 section. 

14 (3) EFFECT.—Geographic information system 

15 data made publicly available pursuant to this section 

16 should not disclose information regarding the loca17 tion, character, and ownership of historic resources 

18 and the nature and location of archaeological re19 sources, consistent with the National Historic Preser20 vation Act, (54 U.S.C. 307103), and the Archae21 ological Resources Protection Act, (16 U.S.C. 470hh). 

22 SEC. 5. REPORTS. 

23 On an annual basis— 

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

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1 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen2 ate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

3 House of Representatives a report on the progress 

4 made by the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec5 retary of Agriculture, respectively, toward meeting the 

6 requirements of section 5; and 

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

8 Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall 

9 submit to the Committee on Environment and Public 

10 Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor11 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa12 tives a report on the progress made by the Secretary 

13 of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary 

14 of the Army for Civil Works, toward meeting the re15 quirements of section 5. 

16 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 There are authorized to be appropriated— 

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

19 this Act— 

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

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

22 2024, and 2025; 

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

24 this Act— 

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


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

2 2024, and 2025; and 

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

4 this Act— 

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

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

7 and 2024. 

8 SEC. 7. SAVINGS. 

9 Under this Act, the Secretaries shall not publicize or 

10 make available information on unauthorized or illegal 

11 Roads and Trails. 


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Union Calendar No. 200 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3113 

[Report No. 117–272, Part I] 

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 SecMARCH 15, 2022 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

an amendment 

MARCH 15, 2022 

Committees on Agriculture and Transportation and Indered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or- frastructure discharged; committed to the Committee 


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