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Making National Parks Safer Act
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.
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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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Mar 18, 2026 Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Mar 11, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Jan 13, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jan 13, 2026 Introduced in House
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