Title: Alexander Lofgren Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act
This bill makes the America the Beautiful-National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available, without charge, to members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and Gold Star Families. The pass covers the entrance fee and standard amenity recreation fee for all federal recreational lands and waters.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4300 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4300

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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 2021

    Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Westerman, Mr. 
 Newhouse, Mr. Long, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Young, 
Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Hill, Mr. Rice of South 
  Carolina, Ms. Herrell, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Bentz, Mr. Sablan, Miss 
    Gonzalez-Colon, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Fleischmann, Mrs. 
 Napolitano, Mr. Takano, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Soto, Mr. Brown, Ms. Tlaib, 
   Mr. Meijer, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. 
  Duncan, Mr. Mann, Mr. Owens, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Moore of 
Utah, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Lamb, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Stauber, 
  Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
Crow, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Schrader, Ms. Cheney, Mr. Pence, Ms. Granger, Ms. 
   Velazquez, Mr. Chabot, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Cole, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. 
 McKinley, Mr. Bost, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Kelly 
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Gohmert, Mrs. 
 Rodgers of Washington, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. 
Balderson, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, 
Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. LaHood, Ms. Foxx, 
  Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Murphy of 
North Carolina, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. 
Carl, Mr. Mast, Mr. Levin of California, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Norman, Mr. 
Carter of Georgia, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. McClintock, Mrs. 
Hartzler, Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. Harris, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. 
 Simpson, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Brooks, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. 
 DeGette, Mr. Steube, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Barr, 
Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hudson, Mr. 
     Buck, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Obernolte, Mrs. Steel, Mr. Womack, Mr. 
 Hollingsworth, 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 following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act''.

SEC. 2. RECREATION PASSES.

    Section 805 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 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 ``Discounted'' and 
                inserting ``Free and Discounted'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking 
                        ``Disability discount'' and inserting 
                        ``Lifetime 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.
                    ``(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.''.
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