S 3313 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act

This bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue a specific right-of-way for an emergency exit route near Milepost 9.6 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, directly affecting emergency access for the Wintergreen area. It mandates the Secretary certify three conditions before granting the right-of-way: evaluating non-federal land alternatives, analyzing fire behavior risks, and completing required environmental reviews under federal law. The bill amends a 1936 law governing the Blue Ridge Parkway to implement this specific emergency egress route, identified on a map dated September 2024. It focuses on procedural requirements for the federal land crossing, not on the outcome of the emergency access itself.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Dec 2025
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Introduced Dec 2, 2025 Last action Jul 29, 2026
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Jul 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
upper
Jul 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
upper
Dec 2, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
upper
Dec 2, 2025
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upper
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