117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3113 
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 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 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 manage-
ment 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 inter-
operability among applicable Federal databases with re-
spect 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. 
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), res-
ervations, 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 rec-
reational access to the Federal land. 
(b) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Secretaries shall de-
velop a process to allow members of the public to submit 
questions or comments regarding the information de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
SEC. 5. DATA CONSOLIDATION AND PUBLICATION OF 
ROUTE AND AREA DATA FOR PUBLIC REC-
REATIONAL USE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 5 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, each of the Secre-
taries, to the maximum extent practicable, shall make pub-
licly available on the website of the Department of the In-
terior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers, as 
applicable, geographic information system data with re-
spect 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 rec-
reational 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 dis-
charge, and target shooting) is permanently re-
stricted or prohibited on the Federal land. 
(b) UPDATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, to the max-
imum extent practicable, shall update the data de-
scribed 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 infor-
mation described in subsection (a). 
(c) EFFECT.—Geographic information system data 
made publicly available under subsection (a) shall not dis-
close information regarding the nature, location, char-
acter, or ownership of historic, paleontological, or archae-
ological resources, consistent with applicable law. 
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 pub-
lish 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 re-
quirements of this Act to— 
(1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources 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 In-
frastructure 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. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 15, 
2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3113 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, and the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Army for Civil Works to digitize 
and make publicly available geographic informa-
tion system mapping data relating to public ac-
cess to Federal land and waters for outdoor 
recreation, and for other purposes.