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Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025Section 5 › Proposal

Data must be developed under other law and carry a notice saying so

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 5, Sec. 5. Written by .

Data must be developed under other law and carry a notice saying so

The document says “shallWho acts: the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“With respect to data developed and distributed under this Act, the Secretaries shall-- (1) develop the data in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and Tribal laws (including regulations); and (2) include a notice that any geospatial data are subject to applicable Federal, State, and Tribal laws (including regulations).”

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. 5

For data developed and distributed under the Act, the Secretaries must develop it in accordance with applicable Federal, State and Tribal laws, including regulations, and must include a notice that any geospatial data are subject to those same laws.

What the document actually says

“With respect to data developed and distributed under this Act, the Secretaries shall-- (1) develop the data in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and Tribal laws (including regulations); and (2) include a notice that any geospatial data are subject to applicable Federal, State, and Tribal laws (including regulations).”

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. 5
That sentence, in plain words

The leaders must build the data under other laws. Those are federal, state and tribal laws. They must add a note saying the data falls under those laws.

What this is about

The note goes out with the map data. It tells users that other laws apply. All three kinds of law are named.

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  1. The document itself

    Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025, Public Law 119-62, sec. 5, 139 Stat. 1981 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ62/html/PLAW-119publ62.htm

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    “Data must be developed under other law and carry a notice saying so,” Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act of 2025, section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/modernizing-access-our-public-waters-act-2025/proposal/sec05-development-and-notice/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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