House bill · H.R. 177 (119th Congress)
Yosemite National Park Equal Access and Fairness Act
U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsor: Tom McClintock (U.S. Representative, CA-5, Republican)
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Summary
Yosemite National Park Equal Access and Fairness Act This bill modifies the Raker Act, which allowed San Francisco to dam the Hetch Hetchy Valley within Yosemite National Park, to (1) increase the annual rent San Francisco pays to the National Park Service (NPS), and (2) direct the NPS to expand public access to the reservoir and lake created by the dam. Specifically, the bill increases rent paid by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for the use of the park from $30,000 to $2 million per year. That amount must be adjusted annually to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. The commission may not recoup such sums from wholesale water or power customers. The bill allows collected rent to be used by the Department of the Interior for wildfire mitigation activities in the park and other national parks in California. The bill also requires the NPS to administer the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Lake Eleanor Basin areas for public recreation, benefit, and use in a manner that will preserve scenic, historic, scientific, or otherwise important features.
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Committee
House Committee on Natural Resources · U.S. House of Representatives
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Full history
- Sep 10, 2026
Referred to committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- Sep 10, 2026
Referred to committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- Jan 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
U.S. House of Representatives
- Jan 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. House
U.S. House
- Jan 3, 2025
Referred to committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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