119-s2896

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2896 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2896

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to designate an entrance-fee-
 free date on September 17, 2026, at units of the National Park System 
to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 2025

 Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Daines, Mr. Hickenlooper, 
 and Mrs. Shaheen) 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 direct the Secretary of the Interior to designate an entrance-fee-
 free date on September 17, 2026, at units of the National Park System 
to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, 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 ``Semiquincentennial Tourism and 
Access to Recreation Sites Act'' or the ``STARS Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVED FEES AT PUBLIC RECREATIONAL SITES IN HONOR OF THE 250TH 
 ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) 

=== 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).

    (b) Waiver of Fees.--In honor of the semiquincentennial of the 
United States--

    (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 unit of the National Park 
 System or unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
 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 or the 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.
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