S 290 · 119th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Making National Parks Safer Act

Introduced 2025-01-29· Sponsored by Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]· Senate

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House
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Enacted
Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.(2026-02-04)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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S. 290, Making National Parks Safer Act

Mar 20, 2026

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 4, 2026

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Cosponsors (3)

1 Democrat1 Republican1 Independent