S. 145: National Park Access Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-12 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 204.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 204. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

National Park Access Act

Plain summary

(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.

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Official text

National Park Access Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · 10 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 145, National Park Access Act (2015-08-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Mike Lee (R-UT), John Thune (R-SD), Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s145.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s145 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114