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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1522 

To establish an Every Kid Outdoors program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 10, 2017 

Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. ALEXANDER) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish an Every Kid Outdoors program, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Every Kid Outdoors 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) FEDERAL LAND AND WATERS.—The term 

9 ‘‘Federal land and waters’’ means any Federal land 


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1 or body of water under the jurisdiction of any of the 

2 Secretaries to which the public has access. 

3 (2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 

4 the Every Kid Outdoors program established under 

5 section 3(a). 

6 (3) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 

7 means— 

8 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

9 through— 

10 (i) the Director of the National Park 

11 Service; 

12 (ii) the Director of the United States 

13 Fish and Wildlife Service; 

14 (iii) the Director of the Bureau of 

15 Land Management; and 

16 (iv) the Commissioner of Reclamation; 

17 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

18 through the Chief of the Forest Service; 

19 (C) the Secretary of Commerce, acting 

20 through the Administrator of the National Oce21 anic and Atmospheric Administration; and 

22 (D) the Secretary of the Army, acting 

23 through the Chief of Engineers of the Corps of 

24 Engineers. 


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1 (4) STUDENTS.—The term ‘‘students’’ means a 

2 student in grade 4. 

3 SEC. 3. EVERY KID OUTDOORS PROGRAM. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretaries shall jointly 

5 establish a program, to be known as the ‘‘Every Kid Out6 doors program’’, to provide free access to Federal land and 

7 waters for students and accompanying individuals in ac8 cordance with this section. 

9 (b) ANNUAL PASSES.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—On request of a student, the 

11 Secretaries shall issue a pass to the student, which 

12 shall allow access to Federal land and waters free of 

13 charge for the student and— 

14 (A) in the case of a per-vehicle fee area— 

15 (i) any passengers accompanying the 

16 student in a private, noncommercial vehi17 cle; or 

18 (ii) not more than 3 adults accom19 panying the student on bicycles; or 

20 (B) in the case of a per-person fee area, 

21 not more than 3 adults accompanying the stu22 dent. 

23 (2) TERM.—A pass described in paragraph (1) 

24 shall be effective during the period beginning on 


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1 September 1 and ending on August 30 of the fol2 lowing year. 

3 (3) PRESENCE OF STUDENT IN GRADE FOUR

4 REQUIRED.—A pass described in paragraph (1) shall 

5 be effective only if the student to which the pass was 

6 issued is present at the point of entry to the applica7 ble Federal land or water. 

8 (c) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the pro9 gram, the Secretaries— 

10 (1) may collaborate with State Park systems 

11 that opt to implement a complementary Every Kid 

12 Outdoors State park pass; 

13 (2) shall maintain a publicly available website 

14 with information about the program; 

15 (3) may provide visitor services for the pro16 gram; and 

17 (4) may support approved partners of the Fed18 eral land and waters by providing the partners with 

19 opportunities to participate in the program. 

20 (d) REPORTS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall jointly 

22 prepare a report each year describing— 

23 (A) the implementation of the program; 


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1 (B) the number and geographical distribu2 tion of students who participated in the pro3 gram; and 

4 (C) the number of passes described in sub5 section (b)(1) that were distributed. 

6 (2) SUBMISSION.—The Secretaries shall submit 

7 the report described in paragraph (1) to Congress. 

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