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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5479 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program 
relating to the digitization of county roads and creation of publicly 
accessible road datasets, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. MOORE of Utah (for himself, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, Mr. HURD of Colo-
rado, and Ms. LEE of Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a 
grant program relating to the digitization of county 
roads and creation of publicly accessible road datasets, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Modernizing Access 
to Public Roads Act’’ or ‘‘MAP Roads Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTY ROAD ACCESS AND 
MAPPING PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall establish a pilot grant program to provide 
grants to States to support rural commerce, increase pub-
lic safety, and improve public access and navigation by 
funding the digitization of county roads and the creation 
of centralized, publicly accessible road datasets. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this Act, a State shall submit to the 
Secretary an application at such time, in such form, 
and containing such information as the Secretary 
may require. 
(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting an application for 
a grant under this Act, the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to an application in which the applicant 
State— 
(A) identifies a significant deficiency in 
digitized county roads within the State; 
(B) demonstrates the capacity to admin-
ister— 
(i) a subgrant program to distribute 
funds to counties; and 
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(ii) a statewide repository for county 
road data; and 
(C) expresses a commitment to coordi-
nating with counties to create shared geospatial 
data standards. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) COUNTY ACTIVITIES.—Funds distributed to 
counties under this Act may be used to— 
(A) digitize official county road records; 
(B) convert paper maps or outdated for-
mats to standardized geospatial datasets; and 
(C) train personnel or hire contractors to 
assist in data creation and conversion. 
(2) STATE
REPOSITORY.—Each participating 
State department of transportation shall— 
(A) serve as the centralized data repository 
for all road data produced by counties under 
this program; 
(B) ensure that such data— 
(i) is published on a publicly acces-
sible website; 
(ii) is organized in a manner that dis-
tinguishes between public and private 
roads; 
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(iii) is compatible with third-party 
mapping platforms; and 
(iv) is updated at least annually; and 
(C) to the maximum extent practicable, co-
ordinate with Federal agencies and mapping 
authorities to align data formats and metadata. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 6 
months after the establishment of the program under sub-
section (a), and annually thereafter for 3 years, each State 
awarded a grant under this section shall submit to the 
Secretary a report, which shall include, with respect to the 
period of time since the previous report— 
(1) a list of counties that received a subgrant; 
(2) the amount of funding distributed to each 
county; 
(3) the number of miles of county roads 
digitized under the program; 
(4) the status of State repository development 
and data integration efforts; and 
(5) any recommendations for improvement or 
expansion of the program. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘county’’ has meaning 
given the term in section 101 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
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(2) COUNTY ROAD.—The term ‘‘county road’’ 
means a public road that is recognized and main-
tained by a county government. 
(3) DIGITIZATION.—The term ‘‘digitization’’ 
means the process of converting physical or analog 
map-based information into standardized electronic 
formats to produce geospatial data. 
(4) GEOSPATIAL DATA.—The term ‘‘geospatial 
data’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
752 of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 
2801). 
(f) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to— 
(1) confer any new authority upon a county or 
State to declare, designate, or assert jurisdiction 
over a road as a county road where such designation 
or jurisdiction does not otherwise exist under appli-
cable State or local law; 
(2) alter, affect, or determine the legal status of 
any road for purposes of ownership, jurisdiction, or 
public access; or 
(3) limit or expand any existing rights, claims, 
or defenses related to road ownership, rights-of-way, 
or public access under Federal, State, or local law. 
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(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed to permit the public disclosure of geo-
graphic information system data regarding the nature, lo-
cation, character, or ownership of historic, paleontological, 
or archaeological resources, that is protected under any 
other provision of law. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031, to re-
main available until expended. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary may use not more than 2 percent of 
such funds to administer the program established 
under subsection (a). 
(i) SUNSET.—The authority to make grants under 
this Act shall terminate on September 30, 2031, unless 
reauthorized by Congress. 
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