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[H.R. 3113 Reported in House (RH)]

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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 
                  recreation, and for other purposes.


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                    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]

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                                 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.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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
                    (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 interoperability among applicable Federal 
databases with respect to the collection and dissemination of outdoor 
recreation data relating to Federal land.

SEC. 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).

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 7. SAVINGS.

    Under this Act, the Secretaries shall not publicize or make 
available information on unauthorized or illegal Roads and Trails.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 200

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3113

                      [Report No. 117-272, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             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