Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 87A — Modernizing Access to Public Land
§ 6853. Digitization and publication of easements
Statutory text
In general
Not later than 4 years after , each of the Secretaries, to the maximum extent practicable, shall digitize and publish on the applicable agency website geographic information system mapping data that specifies, with respect to the relevant Secretary, all Federal interests in private land, including easements (other than flowage easements), reservations, and rights-of-way—
to which the Federal Government does not have a fee title interest; and
that may be used to provide public recreational access to the Federal land.
Public comment
The Secretaries shall develop a process to allow members of the public to submit questions or comments regarding the information described in subsection (a).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act
Pub. L. 117–114 § 4 · 136 Stat. 1175
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 6853
(Pub. L. 117–114, § 4, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1176.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 117–114, § 4, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1176.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 4. DIGITIZATION AND PUBLICATION OF EASEMENTS. (a) In General.— Deadline. Web posting. Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, each of the Secretaries, to the maximum extent practicable, shall digitize and publish on the applicable agency website geographic information system mapping data that specifies, with respect to the relevant Secretary, all Federal interests in private land, including easements (other than flowage easements), reservations, and rights-of-way— (1) to which the Federal Government does not have a fee title interest; and (2) that may be used to provide public recreational access to the Federal land. (b) Public Comment.— The Secretaries shall develop a process to allow members of the public to submit questions or comments regarding the information described in subsection (a).
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