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HR6365Passed House

Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-12-02
Introduced
7
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

John J. McGuire III
John J. McGuire III
Republican · VA · Representative
Votes with party: 94.1% (544 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M001239

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

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

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2026-03-04

Source: Congress.gov

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.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources
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