HR 4285
STARS Act
Summary
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 sites; and (2) the standard amenity recreation fees for all visitors to each site managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 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.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Celeste Maloy [R-UT-2]
- Cosponsors
- 0
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Introduced
- 2025-07-02
- Latest action
- 2025-12-10: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee referrals
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-12-10
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Reported By · 2025-09-15
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-07-23
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Discharged from · 2025-07-23
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-07-02
Recent actions
- 2025-12-10: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2025-12-09: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-12-09: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5074)
- 2025-12-09: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5074)
- 2025-12-09: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4285.