{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-3113","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 3113","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Modernizing Access to Our Public Land 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Act","result":"Passed","yea":414,"nay":9,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll071.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2022-04-06","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2054)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-04-29"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-114.","date":"2022-04-29"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-04-29","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Modernizing Access to our Public Land Act or the MAPLand Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers must digitize and publish geographic information system data that includes"},{"k":"li","t":"federal interests, including easements and rights-of-way, in private land;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"status information as to whether roads and trails are open or closed;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"the dates on which roads and trails are seasonally opened and closed;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"the types of vehicles and recreational uses that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"the boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting is permanently restricted or closed.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":185},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and the Army to standardize, digitize and publish geographic information system mapping data about public recreational access to Federal land and waters.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3113/text/enr#H6F5C120B0A644FB8A895504691634567:~:text=3.%20Interagency%20data%20standardization"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3113/text/enr#HEC54825B27024349A1B58C9B5A8C0DD6:~:text=4.%20Digitization%20and%20publication%20of%20easements"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3113/text/enr#HE85B1F62E2C843F1921D4E20FA7E880B:~:text=5.%20Data%20consolidation%20and%20publication%20of%20route"}]},"core_areas":["Interagency standards for outdoor recreation mapping data","Digitized mapping of Federal easements and rights-of-way that may provide public recreational access","Public mapping data on road and trail status, permitted uses, and hunting and shooting restrictions"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretaries to jointly develop and adopt interagency standards, not later than 30 months after enactment, for compatibility and interoperability among Federal databases on public outdoor recreational use of Federal land.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3113/text/enr#H6F5C120B0A644FB8A895504691634567:~:text=3.%20Interagency%20data%20standardization"}},{"text":"Requires each Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable and within 4 years of enactment, to digitize and publish mapping data on Federal interests in private land, such as easements and rights-of-way, that may be used to provide public recreational access to Federal land.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3113/text/enr#HEC54825B27024349A1B58C9B5A8C0DD6:~:text=4.%20Digitization%20and%20publication%20of%20easements"}},{"text":"Requires, beginning not later than 5 years after enactment, public release of mapping data on whether roads and trails are open or closed, seasonal closure dates, allowed vehicle classes and recreational uses, and areas where hunting or recreational shooting is permanently restricted or prohibited.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3113/text/enr#HE85B1F62E2C843F1921D4E20FA7E880B:~:text=5.%20Data%20consolidation%20and%20publication%20of%20route"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretaries to update the road, trail and hunting-area data at least twice per year, to the maximum extent practicable, and to create a process for public questions or comments.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3113/text/enr#HEC54825B27024349A1B58C9B5A8C0DD6:~:text=4.%20Digitization%20and%20publication%20of%20easements"},"heading":"Digitization and publication of easements","effect":"Requires each Secretary to digitize and publish mapping data on Federal interests in private land that may provide public recreational access, but excludes flowage easements from the data covered.","amount":null,"quote":"all Federal interests in private land, including easements (other than flowage easements), reservations, and rights-of-way"}]}],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3113/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3113","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3113/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-3113.png","v":"0ae36291132f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3113, 117th Congress: Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act. House: 414 Yea, 9 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 29 Apr 2022."}}