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H.R. 6365

U.S. House•In Senate Committee

Summary

H.R. 6365, the Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act, was introduced in the House on Dec 2, 2025 by Rep. John McGuire (R) with 7 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jul 29, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Record

Text

H.R. 6365 has 7 co-sponsors.

hb6365/engrossed-in-house.txt
119 HR 6365 EH: Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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 119th CONGRESS  2d Session
 H. R. 6365
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act  .
2.
Right-of-way for emergency exit, blue ridge parkway
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—
(1)
may issue
 ;
(2)
by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(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.
 .
     Passed the House of Representatives March 3, 2026.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-12-02
  2. Passed House2026-03-03
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Reported to House Feb 23, 2026

hb6365/reported-to-house.md

Shown Here:
Reported to House (02/23/2026)

Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to issue a right-of-way through the Blue Ridge Parkway for an additional emergency exit from Wintergreen in Nelson County, Virginia, once certain requirements have been met. Specifically, Interior must grant the right-of-way if it reports to specified congressional committees that the following have been completed: (1) an evaluation of alternatives to the right-of-way for exiting Wintergreen that do not cross federal land, including an evaluation of whether existing trails can be converted to roads; (2) an analysis of expected fire ecology behavior in the event of a fire emergency with respect to the right-of-way; and (3) any required reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Historic Preservation Act.

Sponsors

Rep. John McGuire (R) sponsors H.R. 6365, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 6365 went before 4 committees: Energy and Natural Resources, National Parks Subcommittee, Natural Resources and Federal Lands Subcommittee.

Energy and Natural Resources
Energy and Natural Resources
Markup By · Jul 29, 2026 · 314 Bills
National Parks Subcommittee
National Parks Subcommittee
Hearings By (subcommittee) · Jul 21, 2026
Natural Resources
Natural Resources
Reported By · Feb 23, 2026 · 395 Bills
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Hearings By (subcommittee) · Dec 11, 2025 · 34 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 6365, the latest H. Rept. 119-511.

Actions

H.R. 6365 has taken 18 actions since Dec 2, 2025, the latest on Jul 29, 2026.

ChamberAction
Jul 29, 2026
Senate
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Jul 21, 2026
Senate
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.National Parks Subcommittee
Mar 4, 2026
Senate
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Mar 3, 202615:05
House
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 3, 202615:05
House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2347-2348)

Votes

H.R. 6365 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 6365.

Titles

H.R. 6365 goes by 7 titles, 4 of them short titles.

  • Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
  • Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
  • To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
  • Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act — Display Title
  • Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 7 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6365 in 3 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Energy/Nuclear, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Natural Resources, Animals, Clean Air and Water (quality), Economics/Economic Development, Roads/Highway.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia13—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION13—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
CHAD LORD113
CHRISTINA HAZARD113
EMILY DOUCE113
JOHN GARDER113
CARY DUPUY111
CHARLES SPEARS111
KRISTEN HAJIBRAHIM111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$139.4K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$113.1K1st Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$112.6K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6365 under Public Lands and Natural Resources, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6365’s is Public Lands and Natural Resources.

hr6365/policy-areas.txt
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 6365 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Emergency planning and evacuation to Virginia.

hr6365/subjects.txt
Emergency planning and evacuationParks, recreation areas, trailsVirginia

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6365, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 201 (Tuesday, December 2, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McGUIRE:H.R. 6365.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H4994]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com