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S 145 114th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Appropriations Department of the Interior Executive agency funding and structure Intergovernmental relations Parks, recreation areas, trails State and local finance

National Park Access Act

Introduced: January 12, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 9, 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 204.
Sep 9, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-124.
Jul 30, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 10, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-338.
Jan 12, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Jan 12, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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National Park Access Act

(Sec. 3) Requires the Director of the National Park Service to refund to each state all of the funds that it used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the period in October 2013 in which there was a lapse in appropriations for that unit.

Funds of the National Park Service appropriated after the enactment of this Act shall be used to carry out this Act.

What's happening now September 9, 2015

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 204.

 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Jun 9, 2015
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jan 12, 2015
 R
Lee, Mike
Utah · Jan 12, 2015
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Jan 12, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 145: National Park Access Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-145/
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"S. 145: National Park Access Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-145/.
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