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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 6603

Introduced

Our Parks Act

Sponsor
DRitchie Torres· New York
Introduced
December 10, 2025
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.December 10, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6603 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6603

To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to waive entrance 
fees to national parks on Federal holidays, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 10, 2025

Mr. Torres of New York (for himself and Ms. Clarke of New York) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources

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A BILL

To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to waive entrance 
fees to national parks on Federal holidays, and for other purposes.

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 ``Our Parks Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF ENTRANCE FEES ON FEDERAL HOLIDAYS.

Section 803(e) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 
U.S.C. 6802(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Federal holidays.--For each unit of the National Park 
System or National Wildlife Refuge System at which an entrance 
fee is charged under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall not 
charge an entrance fee for entrance on a Federal holiday listed 
in section 6103 of title 5, United States Code.''.
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