# 119-hr-5729: North Rim Restoration Act

119-hr-5729, North Rim Restoration Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-02).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5729
- As of: 2026-10-02
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5729
- Congress: 119
- Title: North Rim Restoration Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-10-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-02

## Summary

**emergency contracting power for North Rim fire recovery**. This bill would let the Interior Secretary use stronger emergency acquisition rules and limited noncompetitive contracts to repair, rebuild, and restore Grand Canyon National Park's North Rim after the Dragon Bravo Fire. - Affects visitors and local businesses. It aims to speed reopening of visitor-facing facilities like lodging, food service, retail, transportation, and public-use sites by prioritizing repairs and utility work. - Affects park operations, employees, and the current concessioner. It allows the Secretary to award noncompetitive contracts to a concessioner who is uniquely positioned to provide housing, utilities, maintenance, and other services needed to maintain safe, continuous operations. - Affects contractors and congressional oversight. The Secretary must report every 180 days on expected and actual costs, contractors used, conflicts of interest, waste or fraud findings, and estimated completion dates. The special authority ends 7 years after enactment but can be extended by 12 months with congressional approval if a new wildfire affects recovery.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2025-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2025-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ), 2025-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2025-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2025-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2025-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster contracting for North Rim recovery: benefit, low. If enacted, the Interior Department, through the National Park Service, would be able to use emergency buying rules in Grand Canyon areas hit by the Dragon Bravo Fire. This would include higher micro‑purchase and simplified purchase limits under federal rules, without a Presidential disaster declar…
- Noncompetitive contracts with North Rim operator: mixed, low. If enacted, the Secretary would be allowed to award one or more noncompetitive contracts to the current North Rim concession operator for recovery and reopening work. Work would include planning, design, repair, construction, rehabilitation, and operation of employee housing, utilities, visitor ser…

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- 119-hr-2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.
- 119-hr-2126: FOCA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5729 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5729)

## Related
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- [119-hres-719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-719)
- [119-hr-2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology an…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2189)
- [119-hr-2126: FOCA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2126)
- [119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-38)
- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5729 (as of 2026-10-02).