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Updated · Fox News · Jul 3
Trump Signs $1.9 Billion Outdoors Reauthorization at Theodore Roosevelt Library Dedication
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jul 3

Trump Signs $1.9 Billion Outdoors Reauthorization at Theodore Roosevelt Library Dedication

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 3

Summary

  • Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act Reauthorization during the July 1 dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota.
  • The measure would invest $1.9 billion a year in national parks, public lands and Bureau of Indian Education facilities, building on the 2020 law.
  • Backers cast the bill as a bipartisan conservation push, with support from lawmakers including Bruce Westerman and Jared Huffman and testimony from Kevin Costner.
  • The new library, set for a July 4 grand opening, is billed as the first fully digitized presidential library and ties the signing to Roosevelt’s conservation legacy.
  • The event also highlighted the scale of public interest in U.S. landmarks: 323 million national park visits last year and more than 2 million annual visitors to Mount Rushmore.

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