A bill to require the Director of the National Park Service to refund to States all State funds that were used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the October 2013 shutdown.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
National Park Access Act
(Sec. 3) Requires the Director of the National Park Service to refund to each state all of the funds that it used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the period in October 2013 in which there was a lapse in appropriations for that unit.
Funds of the National Park Service appropriated after the enactment of this Act shall be used to carry out this Act.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-338.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-124.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 114-124.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 204.
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