Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act
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Cosponsors (7)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Ben Cline (R-VA-6)Original· 2025-12-02
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)Original· 2025-12-02
- H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)Original· 2025-12-02
- James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11)Original· 2025-12-02
- Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2)Original· 2025-12-02
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4)Original· 2025-12-02
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1)Original· 2025-12-02
Latest Action
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2026-03-04
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2026-03-04
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesReported By · 2026-02-23
Previously
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesDischarged from · 2026-01-22
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2026-01-22
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-12-02
Plain-English Summary
Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to issue a right-of-way through the Blue Ridge Parkway for an additional emergency exit from Wintergreen in Nelson County, Virginia, once certain requirements have been met. Specifically, Interior must grant the right-of-way if it reports to specified congressional committees that the following have been completed: (1) an evaluation of alternatives to the right-of-way for exiting Wintergreen that do not cross federal land, including an evaluation of whether existing trails can be converted to roads; (2) an analysis of expected fire ecology behavior in the event of a fire emergency with respect to the right-of-way; and (3) any required reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Historic Preservation Act.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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