WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) voted in
favor of the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47), which passed the Senate by a vote of 92-8. The bill includes
provisions to improve the visitor experience at the Harry S Truman National
Historic Site and the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Park, which will be
established later this year. In addition, the bill will expand hunting and
fishing access, protect natural resources, and improve public lands.
“Missouri is home to some of our nation’s most
unique and significant lands, parks, and historic sites,” said Blunt. “The bill
includes provisions that will allow the Park Service to enhance opportunities
for visitors to learn more about President Harry Truman’s life in Independence,
and French colonial life in Ste. Genevieve. It also includes provisions that
are important to Missouri’s 1.2 million hunters and fishermen, who spend $1.67
billion annually and support nearly 29,000 jobs in our state. I’ll continue
supporting the National Park Service’s important work to manage and preserve
public lands and historical sites in Missouri and across the nation.”
The bill authorizes the National Park Service
(NPS) to acquire land for a modern visitor center space at the Ste. Genevieve
National Historic Park. In March 2018, Blunt’s legislation to
establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Park and designate it as a unit
of the NPS was signed into law.
The
bill also includes a provision that allows the NPS to acquire land that will
serve as the site of a new visitor center at the Harry S Truman National
Historic Site.
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