House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Activating National Parks in Cities Act
Official title: To expand the mission of the National Park Service to include active use of System units located in urban areas, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1429.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 32, February 18, 2025, Page H723):clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1429, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1429
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.
- H.R. 189 (119th) Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act
- H.R. 2693 (119th) District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act
- H.R. 51 (119th) Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- H.R. 880 (119th) Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act
- H.R. 1888 (119th) Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2025
- H.R. 7441 (119th) Bayard Rustin Stamp Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.