EMMER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. BUCK, Mr. 
AMODEI, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mrs. STEEL, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. HOLLINGS-
WORTH, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. 
ISSA, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. RODNEY 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, 
Mrs. KIM of California, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. NEGUSE, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Louisiana, and Mr. MOORE of Alabama) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
JULY 26, 2021 
Additional sponsors: Mr. REED, Mr. FALLON, Ms. STEFANIK, Mrs. 
FISCHBACH, Mr. BANKS, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. C. SCOTT 
FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. SMITH
of Nebraska, Mr. 
DELGADO, Mr. LATTA, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia 
JULY 26, 2021 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendments 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JULY 26, 2021 
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 1, 2021] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make free National 
Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes available 
to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alexander Lofgren Vet-
erans in Parks (VIP) Act’’ 
SEC. 2. RECREATION PASSES. 
Section 805 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhance-
ment Act (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3385; 16 U.S.C. 
6804) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘age and 
disability discounted’’ and inserting ‘‘age discount 
and lifetime’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DIS-
COUNTED’’ and inserting ‘‘FREE
AND
DIS-
COUNTED’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DIS-
ABILITY
DISCOUNT’’ and inserting ‘‘LIFE-
TIME PASSES’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) Any veteran who provides adequate 
proof of military service as determined by the 
Secretary. 
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‘‘(C) Any member of a Gold Star Family 
who meets the eligibility requirements of section 
3.2 of Department of Defense Instruction 1348.36 
(or a successor instruction).’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘GOLD 
STAR FAMILIES PARKS PASS’’ and inserting 
‘‘ANNUAL PASSES’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘members of’’ and all 
that follows through the end of the sentence 
and inserting ‘‘members of the Armed 
Forces and their dependents who provide 
adequate proof of eligibility for such pass as 
determined by the Secretary.’’. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
to make free National Parks and Federal Recreational 
Lands Passes available to members of the Armed Forces, 
and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 78 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4300 
[Report No. 117–105, Part I] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make free 
National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands 
Passes available to members of the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes. 
JULY 26, 2021 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
amendments 
JULY 26, 2021 
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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