[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 904 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 284
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 904
[Report No. 117-83]
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 23, 2021
Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Daines, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Crapo,
Mr. Manchin, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Barrasso, Ms. Lummis, Ms.
Baldwin, Mr. Tester, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Cruz,
and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
February 28, 2022
Reported by Mr. Manchin, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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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,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Modernizing Access to our
Public Land Act'' or the ``MAPLand Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Congress finds that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) a lack of information about publicly available
outdoor recreation opportunities depresses participation in
those traditional activities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) it is in the public interest to provide
enhanced and expanded information about access to Federal land
for recreational opportunities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) Federal land management agencies should--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) accelerate efforts to digitize
recreational access information into geospatial files;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) make that recreational access
information available to the public.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means
any land or water managed by a Federal land management
agency.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Federal land management agency.--The term
``Federal land management agency'' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Bureau of Reclamation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the National Park Service;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the Bureau of Land
Management;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) the Forest Service; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) the Corps of Engineers.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Secretary of
Agriculture;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Secretary of the Interior;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil
Works.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY DATA STANDARDIZATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 5. DATA CONSOLIDATION, DIGITIZATION, AND
PUBLICATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) all Federal interests, including easements and
rights-of-way, in private land--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) to which the Federal Government does
not have a fee title interest; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) that is used to provide recreational
access to the Federal land;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) status information with respect to whether
roads and trails on the Federal land are open or
closed;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the dates on which roads and trails on the
Federal land are seasonally opened and closed;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) the types of vehicles that are allowed on each
segment of the roads and trails on the Federal land, including
the permissibility of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) off-highway vehicles;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) motorcycles;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) bicycles; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) passenger vehicles;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) the boundaries of areas where hunting or
recreational shooting is regulated or closed on the Federal
land; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) the boundaries of any portion of a body of
water on the Federal land that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) is closed to entry;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) is closed to watercraft; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) has horsepower limitations for
watercraft.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Updates.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--The Secretaries shall biennially
update the data described in subsection (a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 6. REPORTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not later than October 1 of each year--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> There are authorized to be appropriated--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out
this Act--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2022;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) $5,500,000 for each of fiscal years
2023 and 2024;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out
this Act--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2022;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) $5,500,000 for each of fiscal years
2023 and 2024; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) to the Secretary of the Army to carry out this
Act--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2022;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years
2023 and 2024.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Modernizing Access to Our Public
Land Act''.
SEC. 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.
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 data--
(1) relating to outdoor recreation sites on Federal land;
and
(2) used to depict locations at which recreation uses are
available to the public.
SEC. 4. DIGITIZATION AND PUBLICATION OF EASEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, 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 specifies, with respect
to the relevant Secretary, all Federal interests in private land,
including 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 recreational access to the
Federal land.
(b) 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 ask questions or provide
feedback regarding the information described in that subsection.
SEC. 5. DATA CONSOLIDATION AND PUBLICATION OF ROUTE AND AREA DATA FOR
RECREATION USERS.
(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations,
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 regulated or closed on the Federal land.
(b) Updates.--
(1) In general.--The Secretaries shall update the data
described in subsection (a) not less frequently than 2 times
per year.
(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 ask questions or provide feedback regarding the information
described in that subsection.
(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.
SEC. 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 Director of the United States
Geological Survey may collect, aggregate, digitize, standardize, or
publish data on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior to meet the
requirements of this Act.
SEC. 7. REPORTS.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and
annually thereafter through September 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.
SEC. 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.
Calendar No. 284
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 904
[Report No. 117-83]
_______________________________________________________________________
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
February 28, 2022
Reported with an amendment