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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1184 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2019 

Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. 

LYNCH, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. JUDY CHU of 

California, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. KILMER, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. PINGREE, 

Mr. POCAN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. WELCH, 

Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. DEAN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. 

TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, and Mr. GARAMENDI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 

and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Transportation 

and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

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

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

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

6 Secretaries to which the public has access. 

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

8 the Every Kid Outdoors program established under 

9 section 3(a). 

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

11 means— 

12 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

13 through— 

14 (i) the Director of the National Park 

15 Service; 

16 (ii) the Director of the United States 

17 Fish and Wildlife Service; 

18 (iii) the Director of the Bureau of 

19 Land Management; and 

20 (iv) the Commissioner of Reclamation; 

21 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

22 through the Chief of the Forest Service; 

23 (C) the Secretary of Commerce, acting 

24 through the Administrator of the National Oce25 anic and Atmospheric Administration; and 


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1 (D) the Secretary of the Army, acting 

2 through the Chief of Engineers of the Corps of 

3 Engineers. 

4 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

5 the several States, the District of Columbia, Amer6 ican Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

7 Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, 

8 and any other territory or possession of the United 

9 States. 

10 (5) STUDENT OR STUDENTS.—The term ‘‘stu11 dent’’ or ‘‘students’’ means any fourth grader or 

12 home-schooled learner 10 years of age residing in 

13 the United States, including any territory or posses14 sion of the United States. 

15 SEC. 3. EVERY KID OUTDOORS PROGRAM. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretaries shall jointly 

17 establish a program, to be known as the ‘‘Every Kid Out18 doors program’’, to provide free access to Federal land and 

19 waters for students and accompanying individuals in ac20 cordance with this section. 

21 (b) ANNUAL PASSES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a student, 

23 the Secretaries shall issue a pass to the student, 

24 which allows access to Federal lands and waters for 

25 which access is subject to an entrance, standard 


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1 amenity, or day use fee, free of charge for the stu2 dent and— 

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

4 (i) any passengers accompanying the 

5 student in a private, noncommercial vehi6 cle; or 

7 (ii) not more than three adults accom8 panying the student on bicycles; or 

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

10 not more than three adults accompanying the 

11 student. 

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

13 shall be effective during the period beginning on 

14 September 1 and ending on August 31 of the fol15 lowing year. 

16 (3) PRESENCE OF A STUDENT IN GRADE FOUR

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

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

19 issued is present at the point of entry to the applica20 ble Federal land or water. 

21 (c) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the pro22 gram, the Secretaries— 

23 (1) may collaborate with State Park systems 

24 that opt to implement a complementary Every Kid 

25 Outdoors State park pass; 


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1 (2) may coordinate with the Secretary of Edu2 cation to implement the program; 

3 (3) shall maintain a publicly available website 

4 with information about the program; 

5 (4) may provide visitor services for the pro6 gram; and 

7 (5) may support approved partners of the Fed8 eral land and waters by providing the partners with 

9 opportunities to participate in the program. 

10 (d) REPORTS.—The Secretary of the Interior, in co11 ordination with each Secretary, shall prepare a com12 prehensive report to Congress each year describing— 

13 (1) the implementation of the program; 

14 (2) the number and geographical distribution of 

15 students who participated in the program; and 

16 (3) the number of passes described in sub17 section (b)(1) that were distributed. 

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