MAP Roads Act

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Passed One Chamber

Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Creates a grant program to put county road maps online for easier public access and safety.

This bill would create a new federal grant program to help states and counties turn their paper road maps into digital, online versions. This means drivers, emergency services, and businesses would have better, more up-to-date information about local roads, improving navigation and safety for everyone.

What Would Change

Today, there is no federal program dedicated to helping states and counties digitize their road maps, leading to varied and often outdated information. If this bill becomes law, the federal government would set aside $20 million each year from 2026 to 2031 to help states create digital, publicly available maps of county roads, improving navigation and safety for everyone.

Key Provisions

Creates a pilot program to give grants to states for digitizing county roads and making road data publicly available.
Requires states applying for grants to show they can distribute funds to counties and set up a statewide online place for road data.
Lets counties use grant money to convert paper maps to digital formats, update road records, and train staff.
Requires state transportation departments to host all digitized county road data online, ensure it's public, updated yearly, and works with mapping apps.
Sets aside $20 million each year from 2026 to 2031 to pay for the program, with up to 2 percent for administrative costs.
Clarifies that the bill does not change who owns or has legal control over any road.

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S 5181 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10

MAP Roads Act

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