H.R. 6365 · 119th Congress · Public lands and natural resources
Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Mar 3, 2026
Passed by voice vote.
Passed the House on March 3, 2026.
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 664
- IntroducedDec 2, 2025
- CommitteeFeb 23, 2026
- Passed HouseMar 3, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 7
- 3 Democrats, 4 Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesHouse Committee on Natural Resources
- Lobbying
- At least 1
- organization named it2025 Q4 to 2026 Q1
What it does
The bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to grant a right-of-way for an emergency exit road across National Park Service land on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Milepost 9.6 in Virginia.
The bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to grant a right-of-way for an emergency exit road across National Park Service land on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Milepost 9.6 in Virginia. The mandate is conditional. The Secretary must issue the right-of-way only after reporting to the House Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that three steps are complete: an evaluation of alternatives that do not cross Federal land, an analysis of fire ecology behavior in a fire emergency, and any required reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act and title 54 of the U.S. Code. It leaves in place the Secretary's existing discretionary authority to issue rights-of-way under the 1936 law it amends.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 1 organization named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 3 quarterly reports filed by 1 organization lobbying for itself in 2025 Q4 and 2026 Q1. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organization named: National Parks Conservation Association. Listed as filed. It is every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.