H.R. 4285

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4285 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4285

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 10, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources

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AN ACT

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).

Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 2025.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.