§ 6854. Data consolidation and publication of route and area data for public recreational use

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.

1. 2022

   Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act

   Pub. L. 117–114 § 5 · 136 Stat. 1175

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 6854

   Pub. L. 117–114, § 5, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1176

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 117–114, § 5, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1176

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 5. DATA CONSOLIDATION AND PUBLICATION OF ROUTE AND AREA DATA FOR PUBLIC RECREATIONAL USE. (a) In General.— Deadline. Web posting. Beginning not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, each of the Secretaries, to the maximum extent practicable, shall make publicly available on the website of the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers, as applicable, geographic information system data with respect to the following: (1) Status information with respect to whether roads and trails on the Federal land are open or closed. (2) The dates on which roads and trails on the Federal land are seasonally closed. (3) The classes of vehicles and types of recreational uses that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails on the Federal land, including the permissibility of— (A) off-highway vehicles; (B) motorcycles; (C) nonmotorized bicycles; (D) electric bicycles; (E) passenger vehicles; (F) nonmechanized transportation; and (G) over-snow vehicles. (4) The boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting (including archery, firearm discharge, and target shooting) is permanently restricted or prohibited on the Federal land. (b) Updates.— (1) In general.— The Secretaries, to the maximum extent practicable, shall update the data described in subsection (a) not less frequently than twice per year. (2) 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). (c) Effect.— Geographic information system data made publicly available under subsection (a) shall not disclose information regarding the nature, location, character, or ownership of historic, paleontological, or archaeological resources, consistent with applicable law.

2. 2025

   Pub. L. 118–234 title III § 354(2) · 138 Stat. 2917

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 6854(a)(4)

   Pub. L. 118–234 substituted “regulated or closed” for “permanently restricted or prohibited”

   Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–234 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 118–234 substituted “regulated or closed” for “permanently restricted or prohibited”.

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