HR 4285
Passed a chamber
Requires federal recreation sites to waive entrance and standard amenity fees on September 17, 2026, to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States.
Official title: STARS Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
02-JUL-2025
Referred
02-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
15-SEP-2025
On the calendar
15-SEP-2025
Passed
09-DEC-2025
Senate
Received
10-DEC-2025
- Directs the Interior Secretary to make National Park Service sites free to all visitors on September 17, 2026, where an entrance fee is normally charged.
- Directs the Interior Secretary to waive standard amenity recreation fees that day at Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Reclamation sites.
- Directs the Agriculture Secretary to waive standard amenity recreation fees that day at Forest Service sites.
- Gives the Act the short title STARS Act (Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recreation Sites Act).
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (15-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 09-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Federal Lands Subcommittee
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Senate)
Public Lands and Natural Resources
No cosponsors.