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Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)

Gateway Arch National Park Boundary Revision Act of 2026

H.R. 7864 · House bill Public Lands and Natural Resources

A Democratic bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the Gateway Arch National Park Boundary Revision Act of 2026'', seeks to change the boundaries of the Gateway Arch National Park. It proposes an amendment to the Act of May 17, 1954. Specifically, the bill changes the land size from one hundred acres'' to 102.18 acres''. Additionally, it updates the reference of the map used to define the park boundaries. The map will change from one ending in January 1992 to a new map titled Gateway Arch National Park Proposed Boundary Revision''.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    The bill expands the land area of the Gateway Arch National Park to 102.18 acres.

  • Scored +2

    Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests?

    The bill updates the boundary and map specifications for the management of the national park.

  • Scored +1

    Would people in cities be better off under this?

    The expansion of the national park provides slightly more public land within the urban area.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.