Gateway Partnership Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill authorizes the Interior Secretary to enter an agreement with the Gateway Arch Park Foundation for private events in Gateway Arch National Park, including the Arch Visitor Center, Old Courthouse, and other publicly open park buildings. The agreement may give the Foundation exclusive event times in specified buildings, but must set weekly event limits, appropriate National Park Service staffing, liability insurance naming the United States as an additional insured, and a federal liability waiver. Events must fit the park's purposes, avoid degradation, and not prevent or disrupt public access. Interior must charge for event-related wear and may recover all administrative and personnel costs. The National Park Service remains free to host events or permit other organizers.
Who Benefits and How
Gateway Arch Park Foundation staff and private event organizers benefit from a clear legal route to use iconic park buildings, including specified opportunities for exclusive event access. National Park Service administrators and federal taxpayers benefit from mandatory wear-and-tear fees, authority to recover all event costs, insurance protection, and a liability waiver for event-related injury or death claims.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Foundation and participating event organizers must comply with event-frequency, resource-protection, compatibility, public-access, staffing, insurance, liability, fee, and cost-reimbursement terms. National Park Service staff must negotiate and monitor the agreement, schedule and staff events, protect park resources and public access, calculate costs, and collect the required amounts.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes Interior to contract with the Gateway Arch Park Foundation for private events in park buildings.
- Requires event limits, appropriate Park Service staffing, federal additional-insured status, and sufficient liability insurance.
- Prohibits events that conflict with park purposes, degrade park resources, or prevent or disrupt public access.
- Requires a wear-and-tear fee and authorizes recovery of all administrative, personnel, and other event costs.
- Preserves National Park Service authority to host events and issue permits to other event organizers.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorize an agreement allowing the Gateway Arch Park Foundation to host private events in Gateway Arch National Park under insurance, access, protection, and cost-recovery terms.
Key Policy Areas
Public Lands, Recreation, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Authorize an agreement allowing the Gateway Arch Park Foundation to host private events in Gateway Arch National Park under insurance, access, protection, and cost-recovery terms.
Policy Domains
Gateway Partnership Act
Identified Gains
- Gateway Arch Park Foundation staff
- Private event organizers and clients
- National Park Service administrators
Identified Costs
- Foundation event managers
- National Park Service staff
- Event liability insurers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. …
Mr. Schmitt introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_park"
- → Gateway Arch National Park
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "the_foundation"
- → Gateway Arch Park Foundation
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The Arch Visitor Center, Old Courthouse, or another publicly open building administered or managed as part of Gateway Arch National Park.
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