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EQUAL Parks Act
Sponsored By: Representative Randall, Emily [D-WA-6]
Introduced
Summary
Makes the 2017 Presidential Memorandum on promoting diversity and inclusion in national parks, national forests, and other public lands and waters into law. This bill would convert the January 12, 2017 memorandum into binding statutory requirements for federal agencies that manage those lands and waters.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Require parks to follow diversity memo
This bill would give the January 12, 2017 diversity memo for public lands the force of law (82 Fed. Reg. 6179). If enacted, agencies that run national parks, forests, and other public lands would have to follow its inclusion rules. They could change outreach, access, hiring, and visitor services to better serve underrepresented groups. There is no new funding in this bill. The change would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Randall, Emily [D-WA-6]
WA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
IL • D
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/12/2025
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 12/15/2025
Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]
NM • D
Sponsored 1/27/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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