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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8603 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program for 

a Federal and State multi-entity pass accepted by one or more Federal 

land management agencies and one or more State land management 

agencies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2024 

Mr. COLLINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot 

program for a Federal and State multi-entity pass accepted by one or more Federal land management agencies and one or more State land management agencies, 

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 ‘‘Recreation and Out5 door Access Membership Act’’ or the ‘‘ROAM Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR STATE AND NATIONAL 

2 PASSES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

5 begin implementing a pilot program to issue a pass for 

6 a specified period not to exceed 12 months that allows 

7 entry into parks and other outdoor recreation areas under 

8 the jurisdiction of one or more Federal land management 

9 agencies and one or more State land management agencies 

10 in States located in the National Park Service South11 eastern Region. 

12 (b) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Before including entry into 

14 a State park and other outdoor recreation area as 

15 part of a multi-entity pass, the Secretary shall enter 

16 into a partnership agreement, with the appropriate 

17 State land management agencies, that includes the 

18 following regarding the multi-entity pass: 

19 (A) Consent of the required State entities. 

20 (B) The price of the multi-entity pass. 

21 (C) The distribution of revenues between 

22 the Federal and State agencies. 

23 (D) The sharing of costs between the Fed24 eral and State agencies. 

25 (E) The benefits provided by the multi-en26 tity pass. 


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1 (F) Marketing and design of the multi-en2 tity pass. 

3 (G) The terms of issuance of the multi-en4 tity pass, including to volunteers, veterans, and 

5 other groups that or individuals who may re6 ceive a free or discounted multi-entity pass. 

7 (2) NO NET REVENUE LOSS.—The Secretary— 

8 (A) shall take into consideration all rel9 evant visitor and sales data available when en10 tering into an agreement under this section; 

11 and 

12 (B) shall not enter into an agreement that 

13 would result in the Secretary or the relevant 

14 States collecting less net revenue for multi-enti15 ty passes under this section than the Secretary 

16 or the relevant States, respectively, would col17 lect from non-multi-entity passes for entry into 

18 the same parks and outdoor recreation areas. 

19 (c) SUNSET.— 

20 (1) AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Sec21 retary under this section shall expire 4 years after 

22 the effective date of the first partnership agreement 

23 entered into by the Secretary under subsection (b). 

24 (2) MULTI-ENTITY PASSES.—The Secretary 

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1 gram required under subsection (a) after the date 

2 that is 3 years after that program is established. 

3 SEC. 3. STUDY. 

4 Not later than 5 years after the effective date of the 

5 first partnership agreement entered into by the Secretary 

6 under section 2(b), the Secretary shall submit a report to 

7 Congress that includes— 

8 (1) the outcome of the pilot program; and 

9 (2) a recommendation regarding whether or not 

10 to implement the pilot program permanently nation11 wide. 

12 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this Act, the following apply: 

14 (1) MULTI-ENTITY PASS.—The term ‘‘multi-en15 tity pass’’ means a pass for entry into parks and 

16 other outdoor recreation areas under the jurisdiction 

17 of one or more Federal land management agencies 

18 and one or more State land management agencies 

19 issued under the pilot program established pursuant 

20 to section 2(a). 

21 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

22 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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