STARS Act

Bill: 119-hr-4285
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2025-07-02
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Parks, recreation areas, trails

U.S. history

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 250.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 250 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4285 [Report No. 119–294] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 2, 2025 Ms. Maloy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources September 15, 2025 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 2, 2025 A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to designate an entrance-fee free date in 2026 at National Park Service sites in order to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recreation Sites Act or the STARS Act . 2. Waived fees at public recreational sites in honor of America’s 250th anniversary (a) In general In honor of the semiquincentennial of the United States of America— (1) the Secretary of the Interior shall— (A) designate September 17, 2026, as an entrance-fee free date on which admission is free to all visitors with respect to each National Park Service site that charges an entrance fee; and (B) waive standard amenity recreation fees on September 17, 2026, for each visitor to each site managed by the Bureau of Land Management, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or Bureau of Reclamation that charges a standard amenity recreation fee; and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture shall waive standard amenity recreation fees for September 17, 2026, for each visitor to each site managed by the Forest Service that charges a standard amenity recreation fee. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Entrance fee The term entrance fee has the meaning given the term in section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6801 ). (2) Standard amenity recreation fee The term standard amenity recreation fee has the meaning given the term in section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6801 ).

September 15, 2025 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4285 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 2, 2025 Ms. Maloy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to designate an entrance-fee free date in 2026 at National Park Service sites in order to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recreation Sites Act or the STARS Act . 2. Free Entrance to NPS sites in honor of America’s 250th anniversary In honor of the semiquincentennial of the United States of America, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall designate September 17, 2026, as an entrance-fee free date on which admission is free to all visitors with respect to each National Park Service site that charges an entrance free.