MAP Roads Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5479 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5479 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program relating to the digitization of county roads and creation of publicly accessible road datasets, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2025 Mr. Moore of Utah (for himself, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, and Ms. Lee of Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program relating to the digitization of county roads and creation of publicly accessible road datasets, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Modernizing Access to Public Roads Act'' or ``MAP Roads Act''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTY ROAD ACCESS AND MAPPING PILOT PROGRAM. (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish a pilot grant program to provide grants to States to support rural commerce, increase public safety, and improve public access and navigation by funding the digitization of county roads and the creation of centralized, publicly accessible road datasets. (b) Application.-- (1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. (2) Priority.--In selecting an application for a grant under this Act, the Secretary shall give priority to an application in which th