Making National Parks Safer Act
Sponsored By: Senator Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced
Summary
Upgrades National Park emergency centers to interoperable Next Generation 9-1-1 systems. It would require assessments, reporting, and a phased plan to give park emergency centers the ability to receive, process, and share modern 9-1-1 requests and related data across jurisdictions.
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- Visitors and families: Park emergency calls could carry richer 9-1-1 requests and related data to responders, improving coordination and response in remote or multi-jurisdiction areas.
- Park managers and superintendents: The Secretary would have to complete an assessment within 1 year to identify implementation status and estimate purchase and operating costs, and then develop a phased installation plan within 1 year after that report.
- State, local, and federal responders: The plan must be developed after consultation with state and local emergency officials and federal agencies to ensure interoperability and to address technical, jurisdictional, and legal issues, including avoiding proprietary interface barriers.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Upgrade 9-1-1 in National Parks
This bill would require the Interior Department to assess emergency 9-1-1 centers in National Park units within 1 year of enactment. The assessment would check current Next Generation 9-1-1 implementation, estimate costs to buy systems where not started, and estimate costs to operate them. The Department would send a report to Congress and post it on the Department of the Interior website. The report would identify jurisdictional, technical, legal, and authority issues that could affect upgrades. Within 1 year after that report, the Department would make a plan to install Next Generation 9-1-1 systems at identified centers. The plan would be developed after consulting state and local emergency officials, stakeholders chosen by the park superintendent, and federal agencies including Commerce, Transportation, and the FCC. The plan would not have to cover centers a superintendent says already have or are installing systems.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Barrasso, John [R-WY]
WY • R
Cosponsors
Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
ME • I
Sponsored 1/29/2025
John Hickenlooper
CO • D
Sponsored 1/29/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 1/29/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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