S. 3313

Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act

Sponsor: Tim Kaine

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Sec. 2. Right-of-way for emergency exit, Blue Ridge Parkway Changed · Sep 23

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  1. Dec 2, 2025 · Introduced in Senate Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Dec 2
  2. Sep 23, 2026 · Reported to Senate Marked up by Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Jul 29 Reported by Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Sep 23 Committee members' individual votes aren't in our records.
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Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2041, chapter 883; 54 Stat. 250, chapter 277; 16 U.S.C. 460a–3), is amended—

(1) by striking Secretary of the Interior may issue and inserting the following: “Secretary of the Interior—

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Secretary of the Interior—

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(2) shall issue the right-of-way generally depicted as Proposed Egress on the map entitled Blue Ridge Parkway, Proposed Wintergreen Emergency Egress Near Milepost 9.6, numbered 601/194,694, and dated September 2024, if the Secretary certifies reports to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate that—

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Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2041, chapter 883; 54 Stat. 250, chapter 277; 16 U.S.C. 460a–3), is amended—

(1) by striking Secretary of the Interior may issue and inserting the following:

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Secretary of the Interior—

(1) may issue

(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

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(2) shall issue the right-of-way generally depicted as Proposed Egress on the map entitled Blue Ridge Parkway, Proposed Wintergreen Emergency Egress Near Milepost 9.6, numbered 601/194,694, and dated September 2024, if the Secretary reports to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate that—

(A) an evaluation has been completed of alternatives to the right-of-way for egress that do not cross Federal land that includes evaluating whether existing trails can be converted to roads;

(B) an analysis of expected fire ecology behavior in the event of a fire emergency has been completed with respect to the right-of-way; and

(C) any required reviews with respect to the right-of-way have been completed in accordance with—

(i) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and

(ii) division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code.