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Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025Section 4 › Proposal

Historic and archaeological sites may not be disclosed

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 4, Sec. 4. Written by .

Historic and archaeological sites may not be disclosed

The document says “shall notWho acts: the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 4 in the PDF
What the document says

“Any geographic information system data made publicly available under this section shall not disclose information regarding the nature, location, character, or ownership of historic, paleontological, or archaeological resources, consistent with applicable law.”

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, Sec. 4

Data published under section 4 must not disclose information about the nature, location, character or ownership of historic, paleontological or archaeological resources, consistent with applicable law.

What the document actually says

“Any geographic information system data made publicly available under this section shall not disclose information regarding the nature, location, character, or ownership of historic, paleontological, or archaeological resources, consistent with applicable law.”

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, Sec. 4
That sentence, in plain words

The maps must not show old sites. They must not say what a site is. They must not say who owns it.

What this is about

Some sites hold old bones. Some hold things made long ago. Some are places of history. Those must be left off the maps.

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