I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4604 
To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to collect a surcharge from international 
visitors to units of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2025 
Mr. MOORE of West Virginia (for himself and Mr. ZINKE) 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 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to collect a 
surcharge from international visitors to units of the Na-
tional Park System, 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 ‘‘Protecting America’s 
Treasures by Raising Inflow from Overseas Tourists (PA-
TRIOT) Parks Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SURCHARGE FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO 
UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. 
(a) ENTRANCE FEE SURCHARGE.—Section 803(e) of 
the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 
U.S.C. 6802(e)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) ENTRANCE FEE SURCHARGE FOR INTER-
NATIONAL VISITORS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF INTERNATIONAL VIS-
ITOR.—In this paragraph, the term ‘inter-
national visitor’ means a nonimmigrant indi-
vidual admitted into the United States under— 
‘‘(i) section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(B)); or 
‘‘(ii) section 217 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187). 
‘‘(B) ENTRANCE FEE SURCHARGE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (C), for any unit of 
the National Park System for which an en-
trance fee is charged, the Secretary may, 
at the election of the Secretary, or shall, 
on request of the superintendent of the ap-
plicable unit of the National Park System, 
authorize the superintendent of the appli-
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cable unit of the National Park System to 
establish for any international visitors 
charged the entrance fee a surcharge in an 
amount established by the superintendent 
of the applicable unit of the National Park 
System, by regulation, to be collected by 
the Secretary in accordance with this para-
graph. 
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF SURCHARGE 
AMOUNT.—In establishing the amount of a 
surcharge under clause (i), the super-
intendent of the applicable unit of the Na-
tional Park System shall ensure that the 
amount maximizes revenue for the applica-
ble unit of the National Park System while 
retaining international visitation at the ap-
plicable unit of the National Park System. 
‘‘(iii) PER-VEHICLE FEE.—In a case 
in which an entrance fee to a unit of the 
National Park System subject to a sur-
charge under clause (i) is a per-vehicle 
charge, the Secretary shall establish, by 
regulation, a process for the super-
intendent of the applicable unit of the Na-
tional Park System to proportionately levy 
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and collect the surcharge from inter-
national visitors under that clause. 
‘‘(iv) METHODS OF COLLECTION.—A 
surcharge established under clause (i) shall 
be collected— 
‘‘(I) by the Secretary, using the 
standard methods by which entrance 
fees may be collected for a unit of the 
National Park System under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(II) if the Secretary enters into 
an agreement with a third-party travel 
vendor to provide for the collection of 
the surcharge, by the applicable third- 
party travel vendor, in accordance 
with the agreement. 
‘‘(v) SUSPENSION OR MODIFICATION; 
INCREASE.— 
‘‘(I) SUSPENSION OR MODIFICA-
TION.—At the election of the Sec-
retary or on request of the super-
intendent of a unit of the National 
Park System at which a surcharge is 
established under clause (i), the Sec-
retary may suspend the collection of, 
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or otherwise modify, the surcharge for 
the applicable unit of the National 
Park System, including providing for 
tiered pricing of the surcharge based 
on visitation levels at the unit of the 
National Park System, as determined 
appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(II) INCREASE.—The Secretary 
may establish a minimum percentage 
increase that shall apply to a sur-
charge 
established 
by 
a 
super-
intendent under clause (i) within an 
applicable timeframe established by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(vi) VISA FEES; ADMINISTRATION.— 
A surcharge established under clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) shall be in addition to, and 
separate from, any statutory immi-
grant visa fee charged to an inter-
national visitor; and 
‘‘(II) shall not be subject to ad-
ministration by the Secretary of State 
or the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
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‘‘(vii) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, all proceeds from a surcharge on 
international visitors collected under this 
paragraph shall be retained by the applica-
ble unit of the National Park System at 
which the surcharge was collected, to be 
distributed by the Secretary for mainte-
nance, visitor services, staffing, and related 
needs at the unit of the National Park 
System, as determined appropriate by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—The following excep-
tions to the surcharge authorized under sub-
paragraph (B) apply: 
‘‘(i) No surcharge may be applied to 
the entrance fee to Washington Monument 
in the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(ii) If a unit of the National Park 
System has been designated as an Inter-
national Peace Park by an Act of Congress 
and is subject to a Memorandum of Under-
standing with the government of a foreign 
country relating to management or stew-
ardship of the unit, no surcharge may be 
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applied to the entrance fee of a national of 
that foreign country for entry onto that 
unit from an entry point within the United 
States.’’. 
(b) RECREATION PASSES.—Section 805(a) of the 
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 
6804(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) 
SURCHARGE
FOR
CERTAIN
INTER-
NATIONAL VISITORS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
establish, by regulation, a surcharge to be col-
lected from the sale of any National Parks and 
Federal Recreational Lands Pass to an inter-
national 
visitor 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
803(e)(3)(A)), the amount of which may be in-
creased by the Secretary in a percentage and in 
a timeframe determined to be reasonable by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(B) DISPOSITION
OF
PROCEEDS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, any 
amounts collected as a surcharge under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be deposited in the Na-
tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora-
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tion Fund established by section 200402(a) of 
title 54, United States Code.’’. 
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