118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 3123Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters Act

A bill to provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways among Federal land and water management agencies, and for other purposes.

Public lands and natural resources
Introduced Oct 25, 2023
Last action Dec 19, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Oct 25, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Oct 25, 2023
Energy and Natural Resources
Step 3
Committee
Nov 19, 2024
Reported out
Step 4
Senate
Dec 18, 2024
Passed Senate w/ Changes
Step 5
House floor
Moves to House
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill directs the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to standardize and publish data on public access to federal waterways for recreational use. Specifically, the Forest Service and Interior must jointly develop and adopt interagency standards for the collection and dissemination of geospatial data relating to federal fishing restrictions and public recreational use of federal waterways. The standards must ensure compatibility and interoperability among applicable federal databases with respect to the collection and dissemination of such data. Within five years of the bill's enactment, the Forest Service and Interior must also digitize and make publicly available online,...

Provisions · 8 sectionsEngrossed in Senate
Timeline · 9 actions
Dec 19, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 19, 2024
Received in the House.
Dec 18, 2024
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 21, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Nov 21, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595.
Nov 19, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 12, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-394.
Oct 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Oct 25, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.