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H.R. 6365119th CongressPublic Lands and Natural Resources
Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act
Sponsored by Rep. John J. McGuire (R-VA) · 7 active : 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 664.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMar 3, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govWintergreen Emergency Egress Act
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This bill directs the Department of the Interior to issue a right-of-way through the Blue Ridge Parkway for an additional emergency exit from Wintergreen in Nelson County, Virginia, once certain requirements have been met. Specifically, Interior must grant the right-of-way if it reports to specified congressional committees that the following have been completed: (1) an evaluation of alternatives to the right-of-way for exiting Wintergreen that do not cross federal land, including an evaluation of whether existing trails can be converted to roads; (2) an analysis of expected fire ecology behavior in the event of a fire emergency with respect to the right-of-way; and (3) any required reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Historic Preservation Act.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Federal Lands · HouseHearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- National Parks · SenateHearings by (subcommittee)
Subjects
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Virginia
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 64Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
7 activeShow all 7 cosponsors
- Ben Cline (R-VA-6)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)
- H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)
- James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
