H.R. 7864House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Gateway Arch National Park Boundary Revision Act of 2026

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The Gateway Arch National Park Boundary Revision Act of 2026 changes the official size of Gateway Arch National Park. It increases the park’s acreage from 100 acres to about 102.18 acres and updates the legal description to reference a newer map showing the revised boundary. The change affects the National Park Service’s management of the park’s land.

Key Provisions

Increases the park’s authorized area from 100 acres to 102.18 acres.
Replaces the old map reference with a newer map titled “Gateway Arch National Park Proposed Boundary Revision,” dated August 2023.

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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Natural Resources Committee

March 9, 2026

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Introduced in House

March 9, 2026

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Natural Resources Committee

March 9, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued March 9, 2026

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 7864

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 9, 2026

Ms. Budzinski (for herself, Mr. Bost, Mr. Bell, and Mrs. Wagner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Act of May 17, 1954, to revise the boundary of Gateway Arch National Park.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Gateway Arch National Park Boundary Revision Act of 2026.

Boundary revision

Section 4(a) of the Act of May 17, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 450jj–3(a); 68 Stat. 99) is amended—

(1)

by striking one hundred acres and inserting 102.18 acres; and

(2)

by striking map entitled and all that follows through January 1992 and inserting map titled Gateway Arch National Park Proposed Boundary Revision, numbered 366/189,627, dated August 2023.