Improved recreation visitation data

The Secretaries shall establish a single visitation data reporting system to report accurate annual visitation data, in a consistent manner, for— Within the visitation data reporting system established under paragraph (1), the Secretaries shall— Not later than 5 years after January 4, 2025, using existing funds available to the Secretaries, the Secretaries shall carry out a pilot program, to be known as the “Real-Time Data Pilot Program” (referred to in this section as the “Pilot Program”), to make available to the public, for each unit of Federal recreational lands and waters selected for participation in the Pilot Program under paragraph (2)— real-time or predictive data on visitation (including data and resources publicly available from existing nongovernmental platforms) at— On establishment of the Pilot Program, the Secretaries shall select for participation in the Pilot Program— Not later than 6 years after January 4, 2025, the Secretaries shall submit a report to Congress regarding the implementation of the pilot program, including policy recommendations to expand the pilot program to additional units managed by the Secretaries. The Secretaries shall— The Secretaries may disseminate the information described in paragraph (1) directly or through an entity or organization referred to in subsection (c). In carrying out the Pilot Program, the Secretaries may, to the extent practicable, rely on assessments completed or data gathered prior to January 4, 2025. For purposes of carrying out this section, the Secretary concerned may— coordinate and partner with— coordinate or enter into agreements, as appropriate, with private sector and nonprofit partners, including— The Secretaries may use existing programs or products of the Secretaries to carry out this section. Nothing in this section provides authority to the Secretaries— to collect— Not later than 1 year after January 4, 2025, and annually thereafter, the Secretaries shall publish on a website of the Secretaries a report that describes the annual visitation of each unit of Federal recreational lands and waters, including, to the maximum extent practicable, visitation categorized by recreational activity. In this section— The term “Federal recreational lands and waters”— The term “Secretaries” means—