Bills · 119th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

MAPWaters Act of 2025

Also known as Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced1/3/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 1/21/25
  3. SenatePassed 12/16/25
  4. PresidentSigned 12/26/25
  5. LawPublic Law 119-62

Passed the House 413–0 on January 21, 2025 (Roll Call 19 →). Passed the Senate by voice vote on December 16, 2025. Became Public Law 119-62 on December 26, 2025.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 1/21/25Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic202 Yea · 0 Nay · 13 Not voting
  • Republican211 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Modernizing 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.

(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.

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Sponsor
Rep. Blake D. Moore ( Republican · UT-1)
Cosponsors
3
Introduced
1/3/25
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources

What happens next

Became Public Law 119-62.

All actions (18)
  1. 1/3/25Introduced in House
  2. 1/3/25Referred 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.
  3. 1/21/25Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  4. 1/21/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H238-240)
  5. 1/21/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 187.
  6. 1/21/25At 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.
  7. 1/21/25Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H250-251)
  8. 1/21/25Passed/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)
  9. 1/21/25On 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)
  10. 1/21/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  11. 1/22/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  12. 12/16/25Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  13. 12/16/25Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
  14. 12/16/25Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768)
  15. 12/17/25Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  16. 12/18/25Presented to President.
  17. 12/26/25Signed by President.
  18. 12/26/25Became Public Law No: 119-62.