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The bill expands and protects a historic parcel to improve public access and conservation, but it may restrict local land-use options and impose additional costs on the Park Service and taxpayers.
Local residents, visitors, and tourists gain access to a larger Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, preserving an additional historic parcel and improving educational and recreational opportunities.
The National Park Service can manage and protect the newly included parcel, conserving historic resources and public green space under federal stewardship.
Private landowners and local governments may face restrictions on future land use and development for the added parcel and nearby properties once included in park boundaries.
Taxpayers and the National Park Service could incur additional maintenance and operational costs to manage the expanded park area, requiring new or reallocated funding.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds approximately one acre in Dayton, Ohio, to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park boundary as shown on a February 2023 map.
Official title: Amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to adjust the boundary of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 24, 2025 by Jon Husted · Last progress July 24, 2025
Adds about one acre of land in Dayton, Ohio, to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park by incorporating a parcel shown as "Proposed Addition" on a February 2023 park boundary map. The bill updates the park boundary to explicitly include that mapped parcel as part of the park's listed sites. The change is a narrow, site-specific boundary adjustment to the existing national historical park and does not create new programs, funding changes, or broad policy shifts.