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The bill provides symbolic recognition and clearer park naming for visitors and families affected by childhood cancer, while imposing only modest administrative costs for updating signage and materials.
Visitors to New River Gorge National Park—particularly West Virginia children and families affected by childhood cancer—gain a dedicated playground name serving as a local memorial and formal recognition.
Park staff and managers get an official, standardized name to use on signage, maps, guides, and communications, reducing confusion and improving consistency.
Taxpayers and the park may face minor administrative costs to update signage, maps, and other materials because the change is ceremonial and does not include new funding.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Renames the primary Grandview playground at New River Gorge NP to "Hearts of Gold Playground" and requires federal references to use the new name.
Redesignates the primary playground in the Grandview area south of the amphitheater at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia as "Hearts of Gold Playground: In Honor of West Virginia Children and Families Impacted by Childhood Cancer." The bill also requires that any federal references to the playground use the new name.
Official title: Redesignate a playground in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in the State of West Virginia as the "Hearts of Gold Playground: In Honor of West Virginia Children and Families Impacted by Childhood Cancer".
Introduced September 29, 2025 by James Conley Justice · Last progress September 24, 2026