S 290 ยท Making National Parks Safer Act
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Introduced
- Jan 29, 2025
- Latest action
- Feb 4, 2026
- Sponsor
- Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Cosponsors
- 3
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.
Recent actions
- 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
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.