S 290 119th Congress
Making National Parks Safer Act
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to upgrade existing emergency communications centers in units of the National Park System to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S481-482)
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238.
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 469.
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
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| IntroductionIntroduced | Introduced in the Senate. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S481-482) | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionIntroduced in Senate | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Library of Congress · Code 10000 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionIntroduced in Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 469. | No additional detail supplied.Calendars · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Library of Congress · Code 14000 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionReported to Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov |
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Making National Parks Safer ActThis 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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- Reported to SenateJul 23, 2026
- Introduced in SenateJan 29, 2025