S 2637 · in committee · significant
MAPWaters Act of 2025
- government reform
What this bill does
- The Forest Service and Department of Interior must standardize and publish data about public access to federal waterways for recreation.
- Recreational users, fishers, and the general public benefit from centralized online access to waterway and fishing restriction information.
- Agencies have five years to digitize existing data and must update access/navigation info twice yearly and fishing restrictions in real time.
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Community Threads
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How might standardizing waterway access data across federal agencies change recreation patterns or pressure on specific popular fishing locations?
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What resources and costs might the Forest Service and Interior Department need to maintain real-time fishing restriction updates for five years?
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Which recreational users or communities could benefit most from centralized waterway information, and who might be affected differently?
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Sponsor · R-WY
John Barrasso
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Introduced 2025-07-31
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Legislative timeline
2025-07-31 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S5001)
2025-07-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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