Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2025
A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
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
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the ``Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2025'', seeks to modify the boundaries of the Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. It proposes an amendment to the Act of June 5, 1942. The legislation allows the Secretary of the Interior to acquire approximately 551.14 acres of land for the park. This land is described as the `Proposed Addition' on a specific map dated May 2025. Additionally, the bill adjusts a specific dollar amount for inflation using the Consumer Price Index.
Yes
- Scored +5
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
The bill expands the boundaries of Mammoth Cave National Park to include approximately 551.14 acres of land for preservation.
- Scored +5
Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests?
The bill allows for the acquisition of additional land to be managed as part of the national park system.
- Scored +2
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?
The park expansion may support local tourism and land preservation in Edmonson and Barren Counties.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Park Expansion: The Secretary of the Interior may acquire approximately 551.14 acres of land for inclusion in the Mammoth Cave National Park (Section 2). This adds land depicted as the `Proposed Addition' on the specified May 2025 map to the national park.
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Inflation Adjustment: The bill inserts language to ensure a specific amount is adjusted for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (Section 2).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Land Acquisition: The Secretary of the Interior is granted the authority to acquire approximately 551.14 acres of land and any interests in land depicted as the `Proposed Addition' (Section 2).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The bill expands the boundaries of Mammoth Cave National Park to include approximately 551.14 acres of land for preservation. Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests? — The bill allows for the acquisition of additional land to be managed as part of the national park system.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The park expansion may support local tourism and land preservation in Edmonson and Barren Counties.
- 7/21/2026
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
- 5/8/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.