Implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act and the Growing National Park Service Deferred Maintenance Backlog

House Natural Resources Committee
   Federal Lands Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

18/04/2023 at 10:15AM

Hearing examining the implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act and the growing National Park Service deferred maintenance backlog.

Hearing memo

Federal land management agencies’ deferred maintenance backlogs have nearly doubled from roughly $22 billion in 2019 to $38.6 billion in 2022.

Witness:

  • Charles F. “Chuck” Sams, Director, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior