The Secretaries are the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
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 2, Sec. 2.
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The Secretaries are the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
The document says “means”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The term ``Secretaries'' means-- (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and (B) the Secretary of the Interior.”
Defines Secretaries as two officials: the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior. Most duties in the Act fall on the Secretaries jointly or on each of them.
What the document actually says
“The term ``Secretaries'' means-- (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and (B) the Secretary of the Interior.”
That sentence, in plain words
The word means two people. One heads the farm agency and acts through the Forest Service chief. The other heads the Interior.
What this is about
Section 3 tells them to work as one. Section 4 speaks of each of them. Section 5 lets them bring in help.
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Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025, Public Law 119-62, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 1979 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ62/html/PLAW-119publ62.htm
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“The Secretaries are the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior,” Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/modernizing-access-our-public-waters-act-2025/proposal/sec02-secretaries/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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