The hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at 10:00 am in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

The purpose of this hearing is to examine the President’s budget request for the National Park Service for Fiscal Year 2025 and to receive testimony on the following bills:

• S. 2620, to establish the Chesapeake National Recreation Area as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes;
• S. 2742, to establish the Fort Ontario National Monument in the State of New York as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes;
• S. 2743, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New York, and for other purposes;
• S. 2784, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to adjust the boundary of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and for other purposes;
• S. 3195, to designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes;
• S. 3241, to establish the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College as affiliated areas of the Natchez Historical Park, and for other purposes;
• S. 3251, to modify the boundary of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in the State of Illinois;
• S. 3474, to redesignate the Hulls Cove Visitor Center at Acadia National Park as the “George J. Mitchell, Jr., Visitor Center”;
• S. 3534, to authorize the Pines Foundation to establish the Fire Islands AIDS Memorial, and for other purposes;
• S. 3542, to amend the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act to modify the boundary of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
• S. 3543, to establish the Historic Greenwood District—Black Wall Street National Monument in the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes;
• S. 3568 / H.R. 3448, to amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection and preservation of America’s battlefields;
• S. 4129, to contribute funds and artifacts to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota;
• S. 4209, to provide greater regional access to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in the State of Maine, and for other purposes;
• S. 4216, to establish the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes;
• S. 4218, to designate the visitor center for the First State National Historical Park to be located at the Sheriff’s House in New Castle, Delaware, as the “Thomas R. Carper Visitor Center”;
• S. 4222, to adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve in the State of California to include the land within the Castle Mountains National Monument;
• S. 4227, to amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park;
• S. 4228, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the “Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center”;
• S. 4259, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the Lahaina National Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
• H.R. 359, to establish Fort San Gerónimo del Boquerón in Puerto Rico as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes;
• H.R. 2717, to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients; 
• H.R. 4984, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the District of Columbia so that the District may use the Campus for purposes including residential and commercial development, and for other purposes.

The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes.  Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.