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The bill quickly restores park staffing, jobs, and ongoing projects to protect visitors and conserve resources, but does so by locking in spending and imposing rapid personnel actions that can strain budgets and create administrative or legal risks.
Federal employees who were involuntarily removed between Jan 20, 2025 and enactment will be reinstated, restoring jobs and income for affected federal workers.
Visitors in urban and rural communities will see improved safety and enjoyment because parks must be fully staffed within 30 days, restoring visitor services and on-site staffing levels quickly.
Ongoing National Park Service maintenance, recreation, and facility projects (funded by GAOA, IIJA, IRA, FLREA) will continue, preventing project delays and cost increases and preserving planned park improvements.
Requiring reinstatement and continued implementation without new congressional approval risks locking in spending and could strain existing appropriations, reducing flexibility to re-prioritize funds or respond to emergent needs.
The 30-day reinstatement and rapid hiring timetable may create substantial administrative burden and lead to rushed personnel decisions, increasing operational stress on the Park Service.
Restoring employees terminated since Jan 20, 2025 could conflict with other personnel actions or legal processes, creating risks of litigation or administrative complexity for affected workers and the agency.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Directs the Interior Secretary to fully staff the National Park Service, reinstate certain recently separated NPS employees, and continue authorized park projects using existing funds.
Introduced May 21, 2025 by Joseph Neguse · Last progress May 21, 2025
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to use previously appropriated funds to fully staff units of the National Park Service, ensure all maintenance positions are filled, and reinstate any NPS employees who were involuntarily removed or terminated between January 20, 2025 and the date of enactment. It also directs the Secretary to continue carrying out existing National Park Service projects that were authorized or funded under several major public land and infrastructure laws without changing funding levels or deadlines. Staffing actions must begin within 30 days of enactment, and the continuation directive preserves work already authorized or funded under specified statutes rather than creating new appropriations or program authorities.