Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Making National Parks Safer Act
Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to upgrade existing emergency communications centers in units of the National Park System to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. John Barrasso R-WYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 4, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 469.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 290.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 290, Making National Parks Safer Act” on March 20, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 4, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62250
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 290, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/290
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Angus King (I-ME).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Barrasso.
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- S.Res. 148 (119th) A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Alan K. Simpson, former Senator for the State of Wyoming.
- S.Res. 507 (119th) A resolution designating November 20, 2025, as "National Rural Health Day".
- S.Res. 813 (119th) A resolution designating July 25, 2026, as "National Day of the American Cowboy".
- S.Res. 332 (119th) A resolution designating July 26, 2025, as "National Day of the American Cowboy".
- S.Res. 104 (119th) A resolution designating February 27, 2025, as "Rare Disease Day".
Related bills
- H.R. 7031 (119th) Making National Parks Safer ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.