PSI Sci
New here? Follow the money and the votes · Not sure of your district? Find your U.S. House member · Find your state legislators

Before you vote › Federal bills

S.Res. 837: A resolution designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week".

119th Congress · introduced 2026-08-06 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

federal

What does this mean?

Official title

A resolution designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week".

Plain summary

Needs sources: no official nonpartisan summary has been published yet. Read the full text. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

A Yea supports adopting this resolution.

A “Nay” vote

If it is not passed, current law stays as it is.

PSI Sci description of the legislative step (not an opinion).

What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

A resolution designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week".

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119sres837.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/sres>

AI explanation – may be wrong, check the official text

No AI explanation yet. It takes up to a minute to write and is then saved for everyone.

Limited to a few requests an hour per person.

The strongest published arguments

Arguments for (supporters)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Arguments against (opponents)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Alternatives

Needs sources: no published alternatives yet (for example a different bill, a law instead of an amendment, or keeping current law). We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · 64 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), James C. Justice (R-WV), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Ted Budd (R-NC), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Todd Young (R-IN), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), John Kennedy (R-LA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Alex Padilla (D-CA), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mike Crapo (R-ID), John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Barrasso (R-WY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), John Cornyn (R-TX), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Tim Scott (R-SC), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Rick Scott (R-FL), Jack Reed (D-RI), John Boozman (R-AR), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), James E. Risch (R-ID), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jon Husted (R-OH), Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Fetterman (D-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ashley Moody (R-FL) and 4 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] reported raising $4.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Words on this page, explained (2)
Resolution
A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote
A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

Plain meanings written from linked sources. All words.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong119-sres837 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills