MAPWaters Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025Latest action Dec 26, 2025Public Lands and Natural Resources

Plain-English summary

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 the 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.

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People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Russell Fulcher

Cosponsor · Republican · ID

Jimmy Panetta

Cosponsor · Democratic · CA

Debbie Dingell

Cosponsor · Democratic · MI

Blake D. Moore

Sponsor · Republican · UT

No linked House roll-call vote is available yet. Senate votes are not currently synchronized.

Official Subjects

Public Lands and Natural ResourcesCongressional oversightData collection, sharing, protectionGeography and mappingGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHunting and fishingLand use and conservationMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine and inland water transportationOutdoor recreationNavigation, waterways, harbors

Sources & text

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