Every Kid Outdoors Act

To establish an Every Kid Outdoors program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Every Kid Outdoors Act 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Federal land and waters The term Federal land and waters (2) Program The term program (3) Secretaries The term Secretaries (A) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through— (i) the Director of the National Park Service; (ii) the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (iii) the Director of the Bureau of Land Management; and (iv) the Commissioner of Reclamation; (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; (C) the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (D) the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers of the Corps of Engineers. (4) State The term State (5) Student or Students The term student students 3. Every kid outdoors program (a) Establishment The Secretaries shall jointly establish a program, to be known as the Every Kid Outdoors program (b) Annual passes (1) In general At the request of a student, the Secretaries shall issue a pass to the student, which allows access to Federal lands and waters for which access is subject to an entrance, standard amenity, or day use fee, free of charge for the student and— (A) in the case of a per-vehicle fee area— (i) any passengers accompanying the student in a private, noncommercial vehicle; or (ii) not more than three adults accompanying the student on bicycles; or (B) in the case of a per-person fee area, not more than three adults accompanying the student. (2) Term A pass described in paragraph (1) shall be effective during the period beginning on September 1 and ending on August 31 of the following year. (3) Presence of a student in grade four required A pass described in paragraph (1) shall be effective only if the student to which the pass was issued is present at the point of entry to the applicable Federal land or water. (c) Other activities In carrying out the program, the Secretaries— (1) may collaborate with State Park systems that opt to implement a complementary Every Kid Outdoors State park pass; (2) may coordinate with the Secretary of Education to implement the program; (3) shall maintain a publicly available website with information about the program; (4) may provide visitor services for the program; and (5) may support approved partners of the Federal land and waters by providing the partners with opportunities to participate in the program. (d) Reports The Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with each Secretary, shall prepare a comprehensive report to Congress each year describing— (1) the implementation of the program; (2) the number and geographical distribution of students who participated in the program; and (3) the number of passes described in subsection (b)(1) that were distributed.

Summary: Every Kid Outdoors Act This bill directs the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and the Army to establish the Every Kids Outdoors program to provide fourth graders or home- schooled learners who are 10 years old and reside in the United States free access to federal lands and waters to which the public has access. Such Departments shall issue such students annual passes, upon request, which shall allow free access to a per-vehicle fee area for the student and any passengers accompanying the student in a private, noncommercial vehicle or for up to three adults accompanying the student on bicycles; or a per-person fee area for the student and up to three adults accompanying the student. In carrying out such program, such departments may collaborate with state park systems that opt to implement a complementary Every Kid Outdoors State park pass, may coordinate with the Department of Education to implement the program, shall maintain a publicly available website that provides information about the program, may provide visitor services, and may support approved partners of the federal lands and waters by furnishing them with opportunities for participation in the program.