House Natural Resources Committee

Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee

Ongoing Visitor Experience Issues at America’s National Parks

1324 Longworth
Thu, 27 Jul 2023 18:00:00 GMT

On Thursday, July 27, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Examining Barriers to Access: Ongoing Visitor Experience Issues at America’s National Parks.”

Hearing memo

Witness:
  • Charles F. Sams III, Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC

Despite significant additional resources provided by Congress over the last several years, the National Park Service (NPS) has failed to reduce their deferred maintenance (DM) backlog and develop a strategy to prevent increasing the DM backlog in the future.