Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act

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Introduced 2026-06-11Topic: environment · land use zoning

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This bill would require federal land agencies to offer free entry to national parks and other federal recreational lands and waters on six set days each year. The days are Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the first day of National Park Week in April, Juneteenth (June 19), Great American Outdoors Day (August 4), National Public Lands Day (fourth Saturday in September), and Veterans Day (November 11). Under current law, offering free days is optional. The bill would keep the option for the Secretary to add more free days beyond these six.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-06-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.	refer
2026-06-11	House	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.	refer
2026-06-11	House	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.	refer
2026-06-11		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-06-11		Introduced in House	introduce

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