This bill lets the National Park Service and the Forest Service use emergency contracting rules to speed repair and restoration work in parts of Grand Canyon National Park and the Kaibab National Forest that were damaged by the Dragon Bravo Fire and the White Sage Fire in 2025. It defines the area covered, the kinds of restoration work allowed (like removing hazard trees, erosion control, reseeding, rebuilding structures, and other recovery work), and lets the agencies use higher micro-purchase and simplified acquisition limits and other emergency acquisition flexibilities. The bill also allows noncompetitive contracts with existing park or forest concessioners for coordinated recovery work.
No publicly available information on total cost estimates. The bill requires regular reports to Congress that must describe expected costs, actual expenditures, cost overruns, contractors used, any conflicts of interest, and estimates of time to complete recovery. The Interior and Agriculture Secretaries must also jointly study and report the costs of carrying out the recovery efforts.
The bill notes the Grand Canyon's historic, cultural, and geological value and its role in the local tourism economy. It says restoring burned landscapes supports responsibilities to 11 Indian Tribes with ancestral ties to the area. Provisions in the bill are intended to speed recovery after the Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires (which together burned more than 200,000 acres and destroyed over 100 structures, including the Grand Canyon Lodge) by giving agencies emergency acquisition flexibilities, encouraging Tribal and local business participation, and allowing coordination with concessioners.
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