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S 290 119th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources

Making National Parks Safer Act

Introduced: January 29, 2025 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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Feb 4, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Dec 9, 2025
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
Jan 29, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S481-482)
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now February 4, 2026

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