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Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters Act

Introduced: October 25, 2023 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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Dec 19, 2024
Received in the House.
Dec 19, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 18, 2024
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7145; text: CR S7145-7146)
Dec 18, 2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 21, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595.
Nov 21, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Nov 19, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 12, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-394.
Oct 25, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Oct 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters Act

This bill directs the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to standardize and publish data on public access to federal waterways for recreational use.

Specifically, the Forest Service and Interior must jointly develop and adopt interagency standards for the collection and dissemination of geospatial data relating to federal fishing restrictions and public recreational use of federal waterways. The standards must ensure compatibility and interoperability among applicable federal databases with respect to the collection and dissemination of such data.

Within five years of the bill's enactment, the Forest Service and Interior must also digitize and make publicly available online, as applicable, certain geographic information system data about (1) federal waterway restrictions, (2) federal waterway access and navigation information, and (3) federal fishing restrictions. Data on waterway restrictions, waterway access, and navigation must be updated at least annually, and data on fishing restrictions must be updated in real time as changes take effect.

Finally, the Forest Service and Interior must develop a process to allow members of the public to submit questions or comments about waterway restrictions, waterway access, and navigation.

What's happening now December 19, 2024

Received in the House.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Independent 1