SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR STATE AND NATIONAL 
PASSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
begin implementing a pilot program to issue a pass for 
a specified period not to exceed 12 months that allows 
entry into parks and other outdoor recreation areas under 
the jurisdiction of one or more Federal land management 
agencies and one or more State land management agencies 
in States located in the National Park Service South-
eastern Region. 
(b) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before including entry into 
a State park and other outdoor recreation area as 
part of a multi-entity pass, the Secretary shall enter 
into a partnership agreement, with the appropriate 
State land management agencies, that includes the 
following regarding the multi-entity pass: 
(A) Consent of the required State entities. 
(B) The price of the multi-entity pass. 
(C) The distribution of revenues between 
the Federal and State agencies. 
(D) The sharing of costs between the Fed-
eral and State agencies. 
(E) The benefits provided by the multi-en-
tity pass. 
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(F) Marketing and design of the multi-en-
tity pass. 
(G) The terms of issuance of the multi-en-
tity pass, including to volunteers, veterans, and 
other groups that or individuals who may re-
ceive a free or discounted multi-entity pass. 
(2) NO NET REVENUE LOSS.—The Secretary— 
(A) shall take into consideration all rel-
evant visitor and sales data available when en-
tering into an agreement under this section; 
and 
(B) shall not enter into an agreement that 
would result in the Secretary or the relevant 
States collecting less net revenue for multi-enti-
ty passes under this section than the Secretary 
or the relevant States, respectively, would col-
lect from non-multi-entity passes for entry into 
the same parks and outdoor recreation areas. 
(c) SUNSET.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Sec-
retary under this section shall expire 4 years after 
the effective date of the first partnership agreement 
entered into by the Secretary under subsection (b). 
(2) MULTI-ENTITY
PASSES.—The Secretary 
shall not issue a multi-entity pass under the pro-
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gram required under subsection (a) after the date 
that is 3 years after that program is established. 
SEC. 3. STUDY. 
Not later than 5 years after the effective date of the 
first partnership agreement entered into by the Secretary 
under section 2(b), the Secretary shall submit a report to 
Congress that includes— 
(1) the outcome of the pilot program; and 
(2) a recommendation regarding whether or not 
to implement the pilot program permanently nation-
wide. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following apply: 
(1) MULTI-ENTITY PASS.—The term ‘‘multi-en-
tity pass’’ means a pass for entry into parks and 
other outdoor recreation areas under the jurisdiction 
of one or more Federal land management agencies 
and one or more State land management agencies 
issued under the pilot program established pursuant 
to section 2(a). 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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