Zinke plan to end Glacier vehicle reservation system passes House

A funding bill containing Congressman Ryan Zinke’s proposal to kill the Glacier National Park pilot vehicle reservation system passed the House last week, but may not get much further.

H.R. 4821, an appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior and Environmental Protection Agency, includes a measure backed by Zinke to starve the vehicle reservation system of funding. It’s a move that Zinke, who has been an outspoken critic of the reservation system since returning to Congress, proposed in the summer months. 

While the appropriations bill passed the House 213 to 203 on Nov. 3, sending it over to the Senate, the White House already has said that President Joe Biden will veto the legislation if it comes before his desk, citing concerns with proposed funding cuts to federal agencies, particularly the EPA.