Making National Parks Safer Act

Sponsored bySen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]WY· Introduced 29 January 2025

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

4 February 2026·5 months ago

Summary

Introduced in Senate · Updated 10 February 2026

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.

Timeline

4 actions

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
4 February 2026 · Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
9 December 2025 · Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S481-482)
29 January 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
29 January 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

3 cosponsors

Sponsor

Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]WY

Cosponsors

Democrat133%
Republican133%
Independent133%

Independent:Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]ME
Democrat:Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]CO
Republican:Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]MS

Classification

Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Legislative subjects

Congressional oversightEmergency communications systemsGovernment studies and investigationsParks, recreation areas, trails

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