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, section 1, Sec. 1.
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The Act may be cited as the MAPWaters Act of 2025
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What the document says
“This Act may be cited as the ``Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025'' or the ``MAPWaters Act of 2025''.”
The section supplies the Act's name. It may be cited either as the Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025 or by the short form, the MAPWaters Act of 2025. The section does nothing else.
What the document actually says
“This Act may be cited as the ``Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025'' or the ``MAPWaters Act of 2025''.”
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The short name is the MAPWaters Act of 2025. A short name is easier to cite. The name does not change what the law does.
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