MAPWaters Act
Latest action · Dec 18, 2024 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 728.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 1, 2023
- Passed HouseDec 17, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters Act or the MAPWaters Act
This bill directs the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to standardize and publish data relating to public outdoor recreational use of federal waterways.
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 use 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.
The Forest Service and Interior must also (1) digitize and make publicly available online certain geographic information system data about federal waterway restrictions and federal fishing restrictions, (2) update the information at least twice per year, and (3) develop a process to allow members of the public to submit questions or comments regarding the data.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 1, 2023 to Jun 28, 2024, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | Original | Nov 1, 2023 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Jun 28, 2024 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 728.
- Dec 17, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7266-7268)
- Dec 17, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6127.
- Dec 17, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 17, 2024Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3123 | Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters Act | Related bill | Dec 19, 2024 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Congressional oversight
- Geography and mapping
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Hunting and fishing
- Land use and conservation
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Outdoor recreation
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Placed on Calendar Senate
- Dec 17, 2024Engrossed in House
- Dec 10, 2024Reported in House
- Nov 1, 2023Introduced in House
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