HR 4285 ยท STARS Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Introduced
- Jul 2, 2025
- Latest action
- Dec 10, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Celeste Maloy [R-UT-2]
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Cosponsors
- 0
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.
Recent actions
- Dec 10, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 9, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 9, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5074)
- Dec 9, 2025 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)
- Dec 9, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4285.
- Dec 9, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5074-5075)
- Dec 9, 2025 Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 15, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 250.
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.