[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4931 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4931

  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend certain leases 
 within units of the National Park System without opening the lease to 
                                bidding.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 8, 2025

  Mr. Murphy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend certain leases 
 within units of the National Park System without opening the lease to 
                                bidding.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Park System Long-Term Lease 
Investment Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO EXTEND CERTAIN LEASES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the National Park Service, may extend a lease entered into 
under part 18 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 
January 3, 2025), without complying with the requirements of sections 
18.7 or 18.8 of that part, if--
            (1) the lessee--
                    (A) entered into the lease not less than 5 years 
                before the date on which the extension takes effect; 
                and
                    (B) is in compliance with the terms and conditions 
                of the lease; and
            (2) the Director of the National Park Service determines 
        that extending the lease is in the best interests of the 
        administration of the applicable unit of the National Park 
        System.
    (b) Revision of Regulation.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
revise part 18 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, to reflect the 
authority granted under subsection (a).
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