Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act

Bill: 117-s-904
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2021-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digital media
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: 

Modernizing Access to our Public Land Act or the MAPLand Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to jointly develop and adopt interagency standards to ensure compatibility and interoperability among federal databases for the collection and dissemination of outdoor recreation data related to federal lands.
 
Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers must digitize and publish geographic information system mapping data that includes
 
 
federal interests, including easements and rights-of-way, in private land;
 
status information as to whether roads and trails are open or closed; 
 
the dates on which roads and trails are seasonally opened and closed; 
 
the types of vehicles that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails; 
 
the boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting is regulated or closed; and 
 
the boundaries of any portion of a body of water that is closed to entry, is closed to watercraft, or has horsepower limitations for watercraft.
 

action_date: 2022-02-28
text: 

Modernizing Access to our Public Land Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to jointly develop and adopt interagency standards to ensure compatibility and interoperability among federal databases for the collection and dissemination of certain data. 
 
Specifically, these requirements shall apply to outdoor recreation data related to federal lands and used to depict locations at which recreation uses are available to the public. 
 
Each such department shall digitize and make publicly available on their websites, as applicable, geographic information system mapping data that specifies, with respect to the relevant department, all federal interests in private land, including easements, reservations, and rights-of-way 
 
 
to which the federal government does not have a fee title interest, and
 
that may be used to provide recreational access to the federal land.
 
 
Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers must digitize and publish geographic information system mapping data that includes

 
status information as to whether roads and trails are open or closed,
 
the dates on which roads and trails are seasonally opened and closed,
 
the types of vehicles that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails, and
 
the boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting is regulated or closed.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 284.
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-83.
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-83.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate