STARS Act
Officially: “STARS Act” Read the full text
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recreation Sites Act," also called the STARS Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recreation Sites Act or the STARS Act .
2Waived fees at public recreational sites in honor of America's 250th anniversary
This section would require the Secretary of the Interior to designate September 17, 2026, as an entrance-fee-free day at every National Park Service site that normally charges an entrance fee, so admission would be free to all visitors at those sites that day. It would also require the Secretary of the Interior to waive standard amenity recreation fees on September 17, 2026, for every visitor to any site managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Bureau of Reclamation that normally charges such a fee. Separately, it would require the Secretary of Agriculture to waive standard amenity recreation fees on September 17, 2026, for every visitor to any Forest Service site that normally charges such a fee. The terms "entrance fee" and "standard amenity recreation fee" would carry the meanings already given to them in section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
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2. Waived fees at public recreational sites in honor of America’s 250th anniversary (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 ). (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 ). Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
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