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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 recre-
ation, 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 Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agri-
culture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subse-
quently 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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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’’, or ‘‘MAPLand Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means any land or water 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) 
SECRETARIES.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior; and 
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(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 outdoor recre-
ation data relating to Federal land. 
SEC. 4. DATA CONSOLIDATION, DIGITIZATION, AND PUBLI-
CATION. 
(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 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 mapping data 
that includes, with respect to the Federal land administered 
by the relevant Secretary— 
(1) all Federal interests, including easements, 
reservations, and rights-of-way, in private land— 
(A) to which the Federal Government does 
not have a fee title interest; and 
(B) that are open to public recreational use; 
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