[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4937 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4937

To codify the Presidential Memorandum of January 12, 2017, relating to 
   promoting diversity and inclusion in our national parks, national 
              forests, and other public lands and waters.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 8, 2025

  Ms. Randall (for herself and Mr. Huffman) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
     addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To codify the Presidential Memorandum of January 12, 2017, relating to 
   promoting diversity and inclusion in our national parks, national 
              forests, and other public lands and waters.

    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 ``Expanding Quality and Universal 
Access to Lands and Parks Act'' or ``EQUAL Parks Act''.

SEC. 2. CODIFYING PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM ON PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND 
              INCLUSION IN PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS.

    The Presidential Memorandum of January 12, 2017 (Promoting 
Diversity and Inclusion in Our National Parks, National Forests, and 
Other Public Lands and Waters; 82 Fed. Reg. 6179) shall have the force 
and effect of law.
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