Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act

Bill: 117-hr-3113
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-11
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
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-29
text: Became Public Law No: 117-114.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Modernizing Access to our Public Land Act or the MAPLand Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers must digitize and publish geographic information system mapping data that includes</p> <ul> <li>federal interests, including easements and rights-of-way, in private land;</li> <li>status information as to whether roads and trails are open or closed; </li> <li>the dates on which roads and trails are seasonally opened and closed; </li> <li>the types of vehicles that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails; </li> <li>the boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting is regulated or closed; and </li> <li>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.</li> </ul>

action_date: 2022-03-15
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>Modernizing Access to our Public Land Act or the MAPLand Act</b></p> <p>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 and used to depict locations at which recreation uses are available to the public.</p> <p>Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers must digitize and publish geographic information system data that includes</p><ul> <li> federal interests, including easements and rights-of-way, in private land;</li> <li>status information as to whether roads and trails are open or closed;</li> <li>the dates on which roads and trails are seasonally opened and closed;</li> <li>the types of vehicles and recreational uses that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails; and </li> <li>the boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting is permanently restricted or closed.</li> </ul> <p>Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers may work with the U.S. Geological Survey to collect, digitize, standardize, or publish data to meet the requirements of this bill.</p>

action_date: 2022-04-06
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><b>Modernizing Access to our Public Land Act or the MAPLand Act</b></p> <p>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 and used to depict locations at which recreation uses are available to the public.</p> <p>Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers must digitize and publish geographic information system data that includes</p><ul> <li> federal interests, including easements and rights-of-way, in private land;</li> <li>status information as to whether roads and trails are open or closed;</li> <li>the dates on which roads and trails are seasonally opened and closed;</li> <li>the types of vehicles and recreational uses that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails; and </li> <li>the boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting is permanently restricted or closed.</li> </ul> <p>Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers may work with the U.S. Geological Survey to collect, digitize, standardize, or publish data to meet the requirements of this bill.</p>

action_date: 2022-04-29
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>Modernizing Access to our Public Land Act or the MAPLand Act</b></p> <p>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 and used to depict locations at which recreation uses are available to the public.</p> <p>Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers must digitize and publish geographic information system data that includes</p><ul> <li> federal interests, including easements and rights-of-way, in private land;</li> <li>status information as to whether roads and trails are open or closed;</li> <li>the dates on which roads and trails are seasonally opened and closed;</li> <li>the types of vehicles and recreational uses that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails; and </li> <li>the boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting is permanently restricted or closed.</li> </ul> <p>Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers may work with the U.S. Geological Survey to collect, digitize, standardize, or publish data to meet the requirements of this bill.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3113 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 Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture , and Transportation and Infrastructure , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing Access to our Public Land Act , or MAPLand Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) recreational fishing and hunting and other forms of outdoor recreation are important and traditional activities in which millions of people in the United States participate; (2) a lack of information about publicly available outdoor recreation opportunities depresses participation in those traditional activities; (3) it is in the public interest to provide enhanced and expanded information about access to Federal land for recreational opportunities; (4) modern Global Positioning System technologies can provide detailed and real-time information to the public about access to, and recreation opportunities on, Federal land; (5) many of the access easement records held by Federal land management agencies are held on paper files and cannot be easily integrated into digital mapping systems; and (6) Federal land management agencies should— (A) accelerate efforts to digitize recreational access information into geospatial files; and (B) make that recreational access information available to the public. 3. 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 (C) the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. 4. Interagency data standardization Not later than 18 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 outdoor recreation data relating to Federal land. 5. Data consolidation, digitization, and publication (a) In general Not later than 3 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 and rights-of-way, in private land— (A) to which the Federal Government does not have a fee title interest; and (B) that is used to provide recreational access to the Federal land; (2) status information with respect to whether roads and trails on the Federal land are open or closed; (3) the dates on which roads and trails on the Federal land are seasonally opened and closed; (4) the types of vehicles that are allowed on each segment of the roads and trails on the Federal land, including the permissibility of— (A) off-highway vehicles; (B) motorcycles; (C) bicycles; and (D) passenger vehicles; (5) the boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting is regulated or closed on the Federal land; and (6) the boundaries of any portion of a body of water on the Federal land that— (A) is closed to entry; (B) is closed to watercraft; or (C) has horsepower limitations for watercraft. (b) Updates (1) In general The Secretaries shall biennially update the data described in subsection (a). (2) Public evaluation of accuracy The Secretaries shall include on each website referred to in subsection (a), as applicable, a point of contact to allow members of the public to confirm or dispute the accuracy of the information described in that subsection. 6. Reports Not later than October 1 of each year— (1) each of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the progress made by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, respectively, toward meeting the requirements of section 5; and (2) the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the progress made by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, toward meeting the requirements of section 5. 7. 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 and 2024; (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 and 2024; 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 and 2024.

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3113 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act . 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 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. 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. 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). 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 maximum 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. 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. 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 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. 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. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 200 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3113 [Report No. 117–272, Part I] 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 Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture , and Transportation and Infrastructure , for a period to be subsequently 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing Access to our Public Land Act , or MAPLand Act . 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 (C) the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. 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 outdoor recreation data relating to Federal land. 4. Data consolidation, digitization, and publication (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; (2) status information with respect to whether Roads and Trails on the Federal land are open or closed; (3) the dates on which Roads and Trails on the Federal land are seasonally opened and closed; (4) the types of vehicles and recreational uses that are allowed on each segment of the Roads and Trails on the Federal land, including the permissibility of— (A) non-mechanized transportation; (B) off-highway vehicles; (C) motorcycles; (D) non-motorized bicycles; (E) electric bicycles; and (F) passing vehicles; (5) the boundaries of areas where hunting, weapon discharge, or recreational shooting is regulated or closed on the Federal land; and (6) the boundaries of any portion of a body of water on the Federal land that— (A) is closed to entry; (B) is closed to watercraft; (C) has horsepower limitations or gasoline motor restrictions for watercraft; or (D) nothing in this subpart requires the Federal land management agency to collect and compile information on watercraft restrictions imposed by other entities. (b) Updates (1) In general The Secretaries shall biennially update the data described in subsection (a). (2) Public evaluation of accuracy The Secretaries shall include on each website referred to in subsection (a), as applicable, a point of contact to allow members of the public to confirm or dispute the accuracy of the information described in that subsection. (3) Effect Geographic information system data made publicly available pursuant to this section should not disclose information regarding the location, character, and ownership of historic resources and the nature and location of archaeological resources, consistent with the National Historic Preservation Act, ( 54 U.S.C. 307103 ), and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, ( 16 U.S.C. 470hh ). 5. Reports On an annual basis— (1) each of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the progress made by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, respectively, toward meeting the requirements of section 5; and (2) the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the progress made by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, toward meeting the requirements of section 5. 6. 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, 2024, and 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, 2024, and 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 and 2024. 7. Savings Under this Act, the Secretaries shall not publicize or make available information on unauthorized or illegal Roads and Trails.

March 15, 2022 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 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

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3113 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 16, 2022 Received 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act . 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 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. 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. 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). 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 maximum 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. 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. 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 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. 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. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act . 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 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. 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. 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). 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 maximum 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. 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. 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 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. 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.