Allows the Interior Department to extend certain National Park System concession leases without a new competitive bidding process, and to grant some new leases with terms up to 99 years.

Official title: National Park System Long-Term Lease Investment Act

Next stop House: awaiting action

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House

Received 05-OCT-2026

Senate

Introduced 29-JUL-2025

Referred 29-JUL-2025

Approved by committee 29-JUL-2026

Reported 17-SEP-2026

On the calendar 17-SEP-2026

Passed 30-SEP-2026

Key points

Permits lease extensions without new bidding for lessees who signed at least 5 years earlier and are in compliance with their lease terms
Requires a 60-day public notice for competing interest letters, and the extension is declined if a competing offer would provide better terms
Lets the Secretary grant leases of up to 99 years for National Park Service redevelopment projects costing more than $100,000,000, with Congress notified 60 days before leases longer than 60 years
Requires a mid-term compliance review of each extended lease, with termination allowed for noncompliance

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Committee referrals (2)

Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor Thomas Tillis (R-NC) Cosponsors · 1

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1 Republican