3.0.0 2637 2026-06-09T22:03:15Z 2026-06-09T22:03:15Z Senate S S 2025-07-31 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2637 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-07-31T23:36:29Z MAPWaters Act of 2025 119 187 HR 2025-12-26 Became Public Law No: 119-62. Contained in public law CRS Identical bill CRS 2025-07-31 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S5001) IntroReferral 2025-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY N K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2025-07-31 True S.2637 is contained in the text of H.R.187, which became Public Law 119-62.]]> Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversight 2026-04-08T14:38:25Z Data collection, sharing, protection 2026-04-08T14:38:26Z Geography and mapping 2026-04-08T14:38:25Z Government information and archives 2026-04-08T14:38:25Z Government studies and investigations 2026-04-08T14:38:25Z Hunting and fishing 2026-04-08T14:38:25Z Land use and conservation 2026-04-08T14:38:25Z Marine and coastal resources, fisheries 2026-04-08T14:38:25Z Marine and inland water transportation 2026-04-08T14:38:25Z Navigation, waterways, harbors 2026-04-08T14:38:25Z Outdoor recreation 2026-04-08T14:38:25Z Public Lands and Natural Resources 2025-09-18T16:18:16Z 00 2025-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2026-04-07T12:57:59Z Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act or the MAPWaters Act of 2025 or the MAPWaters Act of 2025

This bill directs the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to standardize and publish data relating to public's access to federal waterways for recreational use.

Specifically, the Forest Service and Interior must jointly develop and adopt interagency standards for data collection and dissemination of geospatial data relating to public outdoor recreational access of federal waterways and federal fishing restrictions. The standards must ensure compatibility and interoperability among applicable federal databases with respect to collection and dissemination of such data.

Within five years, the Forest Service and Interior must also digitize and make publicly available online certain geographic information system data about (1) federal waterway restrictions, (2) federal waterway access and navigation information, and (3) federal fishing restrictions. They must also update the data about waterway restrictions, waterway access, and navigation information at least twice per year. Data about fishing restrictions must be updated in real time as changes go into effect.

Finally, the Forest Service and Interior must develop a process to allow members of the public to submit questions or comments regarding the data regarding waterway restrictions, waterway access, and navigation information.

]]> MAPWaters Act of 2025 Display Title 45 MAPWaters Act of 2025 2025-08-12T03:23:24Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 MAPWaters Act of 2025 2025-08-12T03:23:22Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025 2025-08-12T03:23:22Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways among Federal land and water management agencies, and for other purposes. 2025-08-12T03:18:26Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s2637is/xml/BILLS-119s2637is.xml 2025-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S5001) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.