To provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways among Federal land and water management agencies, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways among Federal land and water management agencies, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Transportation, Energy.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H91C1212971FA4975A3186CA310909F2E: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters Act or the MAPWaters Act.
- Section HFEA2BA242C544E4891E2580C5DE04F2F: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Federal fishing restriction means a defined area in which all or certain fishing activities are temporarily or permanently...
- Section HA86F12754F2043C9A0C1AA29F28C88F6: 3. Interagency data standardization Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries, in coordination with the Federal...
- Section H5B109F5536714B01A033BC92206CF9C4: 4. Data consolidation and publication Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, each of the Secretaries, to the maximum extent...
- Section HBCC891B8E02247ADB23B50E5B411BE39: 5. Cooperation and coordination For purposes of carrying out this Act, the Secretaries may— coordinate and partner with non-Federal agencies and private sector...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways among Federal land and water management agencies, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Transportation, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways among Federal land and water management agencies, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReceived; read twice and placed on the calendar
Additional sponsors: Mr. Panetta, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Costa, Ms. Lee …
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the …
Mr. Moore of Utah (for himself and Mr. Fulcher) introduced …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a restriction on the access or use of a Federal waterway applied under applicable law by 1 or more of the Secretaries. The term Secretaries means— the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service
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