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National Park Service Centennial

Legislative Information

National Park Service
Centennial Initiative

Department of the Interior
NPS Centennial News

George Wright Society
National Park Service Centennial Essay Series

National Park Foundation
Summit on Partnership & Philanthropy

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources

HR 3094 (Grijalva) - approved by the Committee on May 7, 2008. Cleared to move to the floor of the House for consideration.

Identifies seven initiatives in which proposed centennial projects must fall, and grants the Congress the authority to review a list of proposed projects each fiscal year. The seven initiatives are:

  • Education in Parks

  • Diversity in Parks

  • NPS Professional Development

  • Environmental Leadership

  • Natural Resource Protection

  • Health and Fitness in Parks

  • Cultural Resource Protection

Additional information on the bill may be found at http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=27&extmode=view&extid=171.

U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources

Senator Salazar has introduced the Senate version of the consensus Centennial Challenge Bill (S.2817). Senators Baucus, Tester, Collins and Coleman joined as original co-sponsors.


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