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H.R. 187119th CongressPublic Lands and Natural Resources
MAPWaters Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Blake D. Moore (R-UT) · 3 active : 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-62.
Where it standsBecame law76 representatives score as swing votes
Became law
- House: passedJan 21, 2025
- Senate: passedDec 16, 2025
- President: Signed into lawDec 26, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govModernizing 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.
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(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) Within five years, the Forest Service and Interior must also digitize and make publicly available online certain geographic information system data about (1) federal waterway restrictions, (2) federal waterway access and navigation information, and (3) federal fishing restrictions. They must also update the data about waterway restrictions, waterway access, and navigation information at least twice per year. Data about fishing restrictions must be updated in real time as changes go into effect.
The Forest Service and Interior must also develop a process to allow members of the public to submit questions or comments regarding the data regarding waterway restrictions, waterway access, and navigation information.
The requirements under this section do not apply to irrigation canals and flowage easements.
(Sec. 5) To carry out the act, the Forest Service and Interior may (1) coordinate and partner with nonfederal agencies, private entities, and nonprofit partners; and (2) enter into agreements with third parties.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture · HouseReferred to
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Geography and mapping
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Hunting and fishing
- Land use and conservation
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 11Swing 70–100
- 70Middle 30–70
- 19Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
3 activeShow all 3 cosponsors
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
