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H.R. 6169: Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act

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H.R. 6169: Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-03-10 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-03-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act

Plain summary

Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to jointly develop and adopt interagency standards to ensure compatibility and interoperability among federal databases for the collection and dissemination of outdoor recreation data related to federal lands. Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers must digitize and publish geographic information system mapping data that includes federal interests, including easements and rights-of-way, in private land; status information as to whether roads and trails are open or closed; the dates on which roads and trails are seasonally opened and closed; the types of vehicles that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails; the boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting is regulated or closed; and the boundaries of any portion of a body of water that is closed to entry, is closed to watercraft, or has horsepower limitations for watercraft.

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Official text

Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] · 4 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Ed Case (D-HI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] reported raising $848,384 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6169 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116