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

A public comment process is required

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 .

A public comment process is required

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

“The Secretaries shall develop a process to allow members of the public to submit questions or comments regarding the information described in subsections (a) and (b).”

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

The Secretaries must develop a process by which members of the public can submit questions or comments about the information described in subsections (a) and (b), the waterway restriction data and the access and navigation data. The subsection sets no deadline and names no subsection beyond those two.

What the document actually says

“The Secretaries shall develop a process to allow members of the public to submit questions or comments regarding the information described in subsections (a) and (b).”

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 leaders must set up a way for people to ask questions. People can send comments too. This covers the first two sets of data.

What this is about

The first set is about limits on water use. The second is about ramps and depth. The law does not say when this must be ready.

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  1. The document itself

    Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025, Public Law 119-62, sec. 4, 139 Stat. 1980 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ62/html/PLAW-119publ62.htm

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    “A public comment process is required,” Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025, section 4, Sec. 4. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/modernizing-access-our-public-waters-act-2025/proposal/sec04-public-comment/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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