,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdbg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #aj1    
#bjbj,ms4 ,mc,sally 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,king7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of the ,interior1
 the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 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 recreation1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,modernizing   
,access to ,our ,public ,land ,act4  #b4
 ,findings ,congress finds that-- 7#a7  
recreational fishing and hunting and    
other forms of outdoor recreation are   
important and traditional activities in 
which millions of people in the ,united 
,states participate2  7#b7 a lack of    

information about publicly available    
outdoor recreation opportunities        
depresses participation in those        
traditional activities2  7#c7 it is in  
the public interest to provide enhanced 
and expanded information about access to
 ,federal land for recreational         
opportunities2  7#d7 modern ,global     
,positioning ,system technologies can   
provide detailed and real-time          
information to the public about access  
to1 and recreation opportunities on1    
,federal land2  7#e7 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 systems2 and  7#f7 
,federal land management agencies       
should-- 7,a7 accelerate efforts to     
digitize recreational access information
 into geospatial files2 and  7,b7 make  
that recreational access information    
available to the public4  #c4           
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7        
,federal land ,the term ,federal land   

means any land or water managed by a    
,federal land management agency4  7#b7  
,federal land management agency ,the    
term ,federal land management agency    
means-- 7,a7 the ,bureau of             
,reclamation2  7,b7 the ,national ,park 
,service2  7,c7 the ,bureau of ,land    
,management2  7,d7 the ,united ,states  
,fish and ,wildlife ,service2  7,e7 the 
,forest ,service2 and  7,f7 the ,corps  
of ,engineers4  7#c7 ,secretaries ,the  
term ,secretaries means-- 7,a7 the      
,secretary of ,agriculture2  7,b7 the   
,secretary of the ,interior2 and  7,c7  
the ,secretary of the ,army1 acting     
through the ,assistant ,secretary of the
 ,army for ,civil ,works4  #d4          
,interagency data standardization ,not  
later than #ah months after the date of 
enactment of this ,act1 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 land4  #e4 ,data  
consolidation1 digitization1 and        
publication  7a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #c years after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 each of the     
,secretaries1 to the maximum extent     
practicable1 shall digitize and make    
publicly available on the website of the
 ,department of the ,interior1 the      
,forest ,service1 and the ,corps of     
,engineers1 as applicable1 geographic   
information system mapping data that    
includes1 with respect to the ,federal  
land administered by the relevant       
,secretary-- 7#a7 all ,federal          
interests1 including easements and      
rights-of-way1 in private land-- 7,a7 to
 which the ,federal ,government does not
 have a fee title interest2 and  7,b7   
that is used to provide recreational    
access to the ,federal land2  7#b7      
status information with respect to      
whether roads and trails on the ,federal
 land are open or closed2  7#c7 the     

dates on which roads and trails on the  
,federal land are seasonally opened and 
closed2  7#d7 the types of vehicles that
 are allowed on each segment of the     
roads and trails on the ,federal land1  
including the permissibility of-- 7,a7  
off-highway vehicles2  7,b7 motorcycles2
  7,c7 bicycles2 and  7,d7 passenger    
vehicles2  7#e7 the boundaries of areas 
where hunting or recreational shooting  
is regulated or closed on the ,federal  
land2 and  7#f7 the boundaries of any   
portion of a body of water on the       
,federal land that-- 7,a7 is closed to  
entry2  7,b7 is closed to watercraft2 or
  7,c7 has horsepower limitations for   
watercraft4  7b7 ,updates  7#a7 ,in     
general ,the ,secretaries shall         
biennially update the data described in 
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,public evaluation
 of accuracy ,the ,secretaries shall    
include on each website referred to in  
subsection 7a71 as applicable1 a point  
of contact to allow members of the      
public to confirm or dispute the        

accuracy of the information described in
 that subsection4  #f4 ,reports ,not    
later than ,october #a of each year--   
7#a7 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     
,agriculture1 respectively1 toward      
meeting the requirements of section #e2 
and  7#b7 the ,secretary of the ,army1  
acting through the ,assistant ,secretary
 of the ,army for ,civil ,works1 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  
,army1 acting through the ,assistant    
,secretary of the ,army for ,civil      

,works1 toward meeting the requirements 
of section #e4  #g4 ,authorization of   
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated-- 7#a7 to the ,secretary
 of the ,interior to carry out this     
,act-- 7,a7 #b1ejj1jjj for fiscal year  
#bjba2 and  7,b7 #e1ejj1jjj for each of 
fiscal years #bjbb and #bjbc2  7#b7 to  
the ,secretary of ,agriculture to carry 
out this ,act-- 7,a7 #b1ejj1jjj for     
fiscal year #bjba2 and  7,b7 #e1ejj1jjj 
for each of fiscal years #bjbb and      
#bjbc2 and  7#c7 to the ,secretary of   
the ,army to carry out this ,act-- 7,a7 
#a1ejj1jjj for fiscal year #bjba2 and   
7,b7 #b1ejj1jjj for each of fiscal years
 #bjbb and #bjbc4