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HR 187 · enacted · significant

MAPWaters Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Forest Service and Interior Department to standardize and publish data on public access to federal waterways for recreation.
  • Recreational users and the public benefit from centralized, up-to-date information about waterway access, fishing rules, and navigation restrictions.
  • Agencies have five years to digitize existing data and must update access/restriction info twice yearly and fishing rules in real time.

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    How would standardized federal waterway data affect recreational planning for people in rural versus urban areas with different internet access?

  2. 02

    What are the estimated costs and staffing requirements for the Forest Service and Interior Department to digitize and maintain this data system?

  3. 03

    Which waterway access restrictions or fishing rule changes might be delayed or lost if agencies struggle to update information in real time?

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Sponsor · R-UT-1

Blake D. Moore

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Introduced 2025-12-26

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-26 · President

    Became Public Law No: 119-62.

  2. 2025-12-26 · BecameLaw

    Became Public Law No: 119-62.

  3. 2025-12-26 · President

    Signed by President.

  4. 2025-12-26 · BecameLaw

    Signed by President.

  5. 2025-12-18 · house · Floor

    Presented to President.

  6. 2025-12-18 · President

    Presented to President.

  7. 2025-12-17 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  8. 2025-12-16 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768)

  9. 2025-12-16 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

  10. 2025-12-16 · senate · Discharge

    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  11. 2025-12-16 · Committee

    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  12. 2025-01-22 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  13. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  14. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 19). (text: CR H238-239)

  15. 2025-01-21 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 19). (text: CR H238-239)

  16. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H250-251)

  17. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

  18. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 187.

  19. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H238-240)

  20. 2025-01-21 · house · Floor

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  21. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  22. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  23. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  24. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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