119-s1037

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1037 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1037

 To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the 
acceptance of cash payments for entrance fees at units of the National 
 Park System.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 13, 2025

 Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. 
 Capito, Mr. Justice, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Boozman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Energy and Natural Resources

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 A BILL

 To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the 
acceptance of cash payments for entrance fees at units of the National 
 Park System.

 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 ``Protecting Access to Recreation with 
Cash Act'' or the ``PARC Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF CASH PAYMENTS FOR ENTRANCE FEES AT UNITS OF THE 
 NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.

 

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) Acceptance of cash payments required.--The Secretary 
 of the Interior shall require that any unit of the National 
 Park System at which an entrance fee is charged in accordance 
 with paragraph

    (1) accept cash as a form of payment for the 
 entrance fee.''.
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