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                                                       Calendar No. 680
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3313

To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an 
 emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of 
                   Virginia, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 2, 2025

 Mr. Kaine (for himself and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                           September 23, 2026

                 Reported by Mr. Lee, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an 
 emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of 
                   Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Wintergreen Emergency 
Egress Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR EMERGENCY EXIT, BLUE RIDGE 
              PARKWAY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2041, 
chapter 883; 54 Stat. 250, chapter 277; 16 U.S.C. 460a-3), is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``Secretary of the Interior may 
        issue'' and inserting the following: ``Secretary of the 
        Interior--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) may issue'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) shall issue the right-of-way generally 
        depicted as `Proposed Egress' on the map entitled `Proposed 
        Wintergreen Emergency Egress Near Milepost 9.6', numbered 601/
        194,694, and dated September 2024, if the Secretary certifies 
        that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) an evaluation has been completed of 
                alternatives to the right-of-way for egress that do not 
                cross Federal land that includes evaluating whether 
                existing trails can be converted to roads;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) an analysis of expected fire ecology 
                behavior in the event of a fire emergency has been 
                completed with respect to the right-of-way; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) any required reviews with respect to 
                the right-of-way have been completed in accordance 
                with--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) the National Environmental 
                        Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) division A of subtitle III 
                        of title 54, United States Code.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act''.

SEC. 2. RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR EMERGENCY EXIT, BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY.

    Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2041, chapter 883; 
54 Stat. 250, chapter 277; 16 U.S.C. 460a-3), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Secretary of the Interior may issue'' and 
        inserting the following: ``Secretary of the Interior--
            ``(1) may issue'';
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) shall issue the right-of-way generally depicted as 
        `Proposed Egress' on the map entitled `Blue Ridge Parkway, 
        Proposed Wintergreen Emergency Egress Near Milepost 9.6', 
        numbered 601/194,694, and dated September 2024, if the 
        Secretary reports to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
        Natural Resources of the Senate that--
                    ``(A) an evaluation has been completed of 
                alternatives to the right-of-way for egress that do not 
                cross Federal land that includes evaluating whether 
                existing trails can be converted to roads;
                    ``(B) an analysis of expected fire ecology behavior 
                in the event of a fire emergency has been completed 
                with respect to the right-of-way; and
                    ``(C) any required reviews with respect to the 
                right-of-way have been completed in accordance with--
                            ``(i) the National Environmental Policy Act 
                        of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and
                            ``(ii) division A of subtitle III of title 
                        54, United States Code.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 680

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3313

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                                 A BILL

To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an 
 emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of 
                   Virginia, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 23, 2026

                       Reported with an amendment