[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4285 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4285

 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

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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. FREE ENTRANCE TO NPS SITES IN HONOR OF AMERICA'S 250TH 
              ANNIVERSARY.

    In honor of the semiquincentennial of the United States of America, 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the 
National Park Service, shall 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 
free.
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