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 ‘‘Fed-
eral 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 max-
imum 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 Secre-
taries 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.