Economic Stimulus and National Parks

View the February 10 Advocacy Alert!

The House and Senate have different versions of the stimulus bill. The House version of the bill included $2.05 billion in funding for national park backlog maintenance projects, the Centennial Challenge, repair of historic structures, and other construction programs. The Senate version contains only $847 million for maintenance, historic preservation, and construction projects. A conference committee will begin negotiating the final version of the bill that will be sent to the President this week. Please call your Senate and House members to encourage them to weigh in with the members of the conference committee in support of the $2.05 billion for national parks in the House version of the economic stimulus package. For more information, read the full alert.

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