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Making National Parks Safer Act

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2025-01-29
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John Barrasso
John Barrasso
Republican · WY · Senator
Votes with party: 75.6% (854 recorded votes)

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

2026-02-04

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Plain-English Summary

Making National Parks Safer Act This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to develop a plan to install Next Generation 911 (NG911) systems, which are certain interoperable, digital, and secure Internet Protocol-based systems for receiving 9-1-1 calls. Specifically, the NPS must assess the implementation status and estimated costs of such NG911 systems at existing emergency communications centers in NPS units. The NPS must also develop a plan, based on the assessment, to install NG911 systems at centers.

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Public Lands and Natural Resources
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