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MAPWaters Act of 2025

It became law on Dec 26, 2025.

US HR 187 · House Bill · 119th Congress

Stage
Became law
Started in
House
Sponsors
4
Latest action
Dec 26, 2025

What it does

Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act or the MAPWaters Act of 2025 or the MAPWaters Act of 2025 This act 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. (Sec. 3) 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. (Sec. 4)…

Official summary · Public Law · Dec 26, 2025

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Dec 26, 2025

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Who is involved

Sponsors

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Where it goes next

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Work with this bill

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