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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahnh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 119TH CONGRESS REPT. 119-207 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND FIREFIGHTER RECREATION PASS ACT JULY 16, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 183] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 183) to amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhance- ment Act to provide for a lifetime National Recreational Pass for law enforcement officers, having considered the same, reports fa- vorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendments are as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Recreation Pass Act. SEC. 2. NATIONAL RECREATIONAL PASSES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRE- FIGHTERS. Section 805(b) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6804(b)) is amended- (1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: (3) ANNUAL PASSES.-The Secretary shall make the National Parks and Fed- eral Recreational Lands Pass available, at no cost, to- (A) a member of the Armed Forces and their dependents; or (B) a law enforcement officer or firefighter, who provide adequate proof of eligibility for such pass as determined by the Sec- retary.. (2) by adding at the end the following: (4) DEFINITIONS.-In this subsection: (A) FIREFIGHTER.-The term 'firefighter' means any employee of the Fed- eral Government, a State, a unit of local government, or an Indian Tribe who performs work directly related to suppressing fires, including wildland fires. (B) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.-The term 'law enforcement officer' means any officer, agent, or employee of the Federal Government, a State, a unit of local government, or an Indian Tribe authorized by law or by a 59-006