Making National Parks Safer Act
23 July 2026 | Reported by committee (Energy and Natural Resources, without amendment, without written report)
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Official summary (Congressional Research Service, Introduced in Senate): 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.
Posted 10 September 2026
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