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[H.R. 4285 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 250
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4285

                          [Report No. 119-294]

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to designate an entrance-fee 
free date in 2026 at National Park Service sites in order to celebrate 
         the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 2025

  Ms. Maloy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

                           September 15, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 2, 
                                 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to designate an entrance-fee 
free date in 2026 at National Park Service sites in order to celebrate 
         the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Semiquincentennial Tourism and 
Access to Recreation Sites Act'' or the ``STARS Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVED FEES AT PUBLIC RECREATIONAL SITES IN HONOR OF AMERICA'S 
              250TH ANNIVERSARY.

    (a) In General.--In honor of the semiquincentennial of the United 
States of America--
            (1) the Secretary of the Interior shall--
                    (A) designate September 17, 2026, as an entrance-
                fee free date on which admission is free to all 
                visitors with respect to each National Park Service 
                site that charges an entrance fee; and
                    (B) waive standard amenity recreation fees on 
                September 17, 2026, for each visitor to each site 
                managed by the Bureau of Land Management, United States 
                Fish and Wildlife Service, or Bureau of Reclamation 
                that charges a standard amenity recreation fee; and
            (2) the Secretary of Agriculture shall waive standard 
        amenity recreation fees for September 17, 2026, for each 
        visitor to each site managed by the Forest Service that charges 
        a standard amenity recreation fee.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Entrance fee.--The term ``entrance fee'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 802 of the Federal Lands 
        Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801).
            (2) Standard amenity recreation fee.--The term ``standard 
        amenity recreation fee'' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 
        U.S.C. 6801).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 250

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 4285

                          [Report No. 119-294]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to designate an entrance-fee 
free date in 2026 at National Park Service sites in order to celebrate 
         the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 15, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed