Existing data and maps must be used where practicable
What the document says“To the extent practicable, the Secretary concerned shall use or incorporate existing applicable data, maps, and resources in carrying out this Act, including data, maps, and resources developed and published under-- (1) the Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act (16 U.S.C. 6851 et seq.); (2) section 103 of division DD of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (43 U.S.C. 776); or (3) other applicable law.”
To the extent practicable, the Secretary concerned must use or incorporate existing applicable data, maps and resources when carrying out the Act, including those developed and published under the Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act (16 U.S.C. 6851 et seq.), section 103 of division DD of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (43 U.S.C. 776), or other applicable law. The term Secretary concerned is not among the terms defined in section 2.
What the document actually says“To the extent practicable, the Secretary concerned shall use or incorporate existing applicable data, maps, and resources in carrying out this Act, including data, maps, and resources developed and published under-- (1) the Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act (16 U.S.C. 6851 et seq.); (2) section 103 of division DD of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (43 U.S.C. 776); or (3) other applicable law.”
Maps that already exist must be used. That holds where it can be done. Two older laws made such maps. Other laws may have made more.
One older law did the same job for public land. The other is part of a spending law from 2023. This law does not say what those maps show.
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