Legislative Background
Recent Action on National Parks Legislation
Typically, each Congress sees the introduction of many park and recreation bills relating to specific sites or areas. In the last two (104th and 105th) Congresses, many proposals have been combined into omnibus national parks legislation. 104th Congress In 1995, the House considered legislation to establish criteria for creating future parks and to create a commission for reviewing all units in the National Park System to determine which, if any, might be managed by an alternative authority. While the need for more specific criteria was widely supported, the commission proposal touched off heated debate after it became known as the…
