# 119-hr-187: MAPWaters Act of 2025

119-hr-187, MAPWaters Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT); status became_law (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-187
- Congress: 119
- Title: MAPWaters Act of 2025
- Status: became_law
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**This law creates a cross-agency system to produce and publish standardized public geospatial data on federal waterways.** It requires agencies to digitize restricted-use data, provide timely updates, and report progress to Congress while preserving existing authorities over navigable waters and fisheries. - Families and recreational users get clearer online maps of where to boat, hike, and fish and of any federal fishing restrictions, making trip planning and compliance easier. These resources will be published and updated for public use. - Federal land and water managers must adopt common data standards, consolidate scattered records, and meet set timelines for digitization and publication. The law also requires regular progress reporting to Congress and preserves agencies' current regulatory roles. - Researchers, the United States Geological Survey (USGS), state agencies, and nonfederal partners can collaborate under the new framework to share and reuse data and to build on existing data initiatives. The law protects certain disclosures and allows agencies to leverage data already collected.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-01-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] (R-ID), 2025-01-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2025-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 413 | 0 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Online maps for boating and fishing: benefit, medium. Within 5 years of enactment, agencies post online maps for federal water access and fishing rules. Maps show boat ramps, portages, fishing access, open or closed dates, and depth info where feasible. They also show no‑wake, speed, anchoring, propulsion, horsepower, fuel, and direction rules, plus a…
- Shared standards and partnerships for water data: benefit, medium. Agencies can now partner with States, Tribes, private and nonprofit groups, and the USGS to collect and publish data. Within 30 months, they set shared data standards with the Federal Geographic Data Committee. Public data must follow federal, state, and tribal laws and include a notice of those la…
- No change to water access rules: benefit, low. The law does not change the definition of navigable waters. It does not change federal or state powers over navigable waters or fisheries. It does not change which waters were open to hunting, fishing, or other outdoor recreation on the enactment date.

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## Sources
- [119-hr-187 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/187)

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- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-1329: Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1329)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-187 (as of 2026-09-10).