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Bill · 119th Congress · S 2896

STARS Act

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Introduced 2025-09-18Topic: environment · budget

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recreation Sites Act or the STARS Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to designate September 17, 2026, as an entrance-fee free date in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. On that date, Interior must waive (1) the entrance fees for all visitors of National Park Service or National Wildlife Refuge System sites; and (2) the standard amenity recreation fees for all visitors to each site managed by the Bureau of Land Management or the Bureau of Reclamation. The Forest Service must waive the standard amenity recreation fees on that date for all visitors to sites it manages.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-18SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.refer
2025-09-18Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.