# 119-s-949: Protect our Parks Act of 2025

119-s-949, Protect our Parks Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-949
- As of: 2026-09-10
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-949
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protect our Parks Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Would require the Secretary of the Interior to make sure units of the National Park System are fully staffed to protect visitors and park resources.** It also would reinstate employees removed between January 20, 2025 and February 25, 2025 and let the Service continue certain funded projects.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Restore National Park Service jobs: benefit, high. If enacted, the Interior Secretary would use funds already appropriated to refill vacant National Park Service jobs. The bill would require filling all maintenance staff positions and ensuring parks are fully staffed for visitor safety and resource protection. If you were involuntarily removed or f…
- Continue funded National Park projects: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Interior Secretary would be allowed to keep carrying out National Park Service projects that already have authorized or appropriated funds. This applies to projects funded under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, the Great American Outdoors Act, the Infrastructure Investm…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act
- 119-s-1814: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025
- 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-949 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/949)

## Related
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2295)
- [119-s-1814: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1814)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-949 (as of 2026-09-10).