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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3186 
To establish an Every Kid Outdoors program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2017 
Ms. TSONGAS (for herself, Mr. TIPTON, Ms. DEGETTE, and Ms. STEFANIK) 
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 provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish an Every Kid Outdoors program, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Every Kid Outdoors 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND AND WATERS.—The term 
‘‘Federal land and waters’’ means any Federal land 
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or body of water under the jurisdiction of any of the 
Secretaries to which the public has access. 
(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 
the Every Kid Outdoors program established under 
section 3(a). 
(3) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means— 
(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 Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration; and 
(D) the Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers of the Corps of 
Engineers. 
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(4) STUDENTS.—The term ‘‘students’’ means 
students in grade 4. 
SEC. 3. EVERY KID OUTDOORS PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretaries shall jointly 
establish a program, to be known as the ‘‘Every Kid Out-
doors program’’, to provide free access to Federal land and 
waters for students and accompanying individuals in ac-
cordance with this section. 
(b) ANNUAL PASSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On request of a student, the 
Secretaries shall issue a pass to the student, which 
shall allow access to Federal land and waters 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 vehi-
cle; or 
(ii) not more than 3 adults accom-
panying the student on bicycles; or 
(B) in the case of a per-person fee area, 
not more than 3 adults accompanying the stu-
dent. 
(2) TERM.—A pass described in paragraph (1) 
shall be effective during the period beginning on 
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September 1 and ending on August 30 of the fol-
lowing 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 applica-
ble Federal land or water. 
(c) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the pro-
gram, the Secretaries— 
(1) may collaborate with State Park systems 
that opt to implement a complementary Every Kid 
Outdoors State park pass; 
(2) shall maintain a publicly available website 
with information about the program; 
(3) may provide visitor services for the pro-
gram; and 
(4) may support approved partners of the Fed-
eral land and waters by providing the partners with 
opportunities to participate in the program. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall jointly 
prepare a report each year describing— 
(A) the implementation of the program; 
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(B) the number and geographical distribu-
tion of students who participated in the pro-
gram; and 
(C) the number of passes described in sub-
section (b)(1) that were distributed. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—The Secretaries shall submit 
the report described in paragraph (1) to Congress. 
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