STARS Act
- Last Action
- 9/18/2025
Actions
- 2025-09-18Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2025-09-18Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-09-18 (00)
Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recreation Sites Act or the STARS Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to designate September 17, 2026, as an entrance-fee free date in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. On that date, Interior must waive (1) the entrance fees for all visitors of National Park Service or National Wildlife Refuge System sites; and (2) the standard amenity recreation fees for all visitors to each site managed by the Bureau of Land Management or the Bureau of Reclamation. The Forest Service must waive the standard amenity recreation fees on that date for all visitors to sites it manages.
Cosponsors (4)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
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