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S290Referred to Committee

Making National Parks Safer Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-29
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

John Barrasso
John Barrasso
Republican · WY · Senator
Votes with party: 33.6% (321 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001261

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (3)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)Original· 2025-01-29
  • Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)Original· 2025-01-29
  • John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)Original· 2025-01-29

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 →

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

2026-02-04

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2026-02-04

Previously

  • Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-02-04
  • Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-29
  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-01-29

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.

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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