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119TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-294
SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL TOURISM AND ACCESS TO
RECREATION SITES ACT
SEPTEMBER 15, 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. 4285]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (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, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do
pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recre-
ation Sites Act or the STARS Act.
SEC. 2. WAIVED FEES AT PUBLIC RECREATIONAL SITES IN HONOR OF AMERICA'S 250TH ANNI-
VERSARY.
(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).
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