Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 87A — Modernizing Access to Public Land
§ 6855. Cooperation and coordination
Statutory text
Third-party providers
The Secretaries may enter into an agreement with a third party to carry out any provision of this chapter.
US Geological Survey
The Secretaries shall work with the Director of the United States Geological Survey to collect, aggregate, digitize, standardize, or publish data on behalf of the Secretaries to meet the requirements of this chapter.
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 § 6 · 136 Stat. 1175
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 6855
Pub. L. 117–114, § 6, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1177
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 117–114, § 6, Apr. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 1177Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6. COOPERATION AND COORDINATION. (a) Third-party Providers.— Contracts. The Secretaries may enter into an agreement with a third party to carry out any provision of this Act. (b) US Geological Survey.— The Secretaries may work with the Director of the United States Geological Survey to collect, aggregate, digitize, standardize, or publish data on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior to meet the requirements of this Act.Pub. L. 118–234 title III § 354(3) · 138 Stat. 2917
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 6855(b)
Pub. L. 118–234 substituted “shall” for “may”
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 6855(b)
Pub. L. 118–234 substituted “the Secretaries” for “the Secretary of the Interior”
Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–234 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–234 substituted “shall” for “may” and “the Secretaries” for “the Secretary of the Interior”.
1 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 unresolved
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2025—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–234 substituted “shall” for “may” and “the Secretaries” for “the Secretary of the Interior”.
Credits
2022–2025 · 2 acts
- 2022Pub. L. 117–114, § 6, , 136 Stat. 1177
- 2025Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 354(3), , 138 Stat. 2917.
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(Pub. L. 117–114, § 6, , 136 Stat. 1177; Pub. L. 118–234, title III, § 354(3), , 138 Stat. 2917.)