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H.R. 4285 · 119th Congress

STARS Act

Introduced Jul 2, 2025Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5074)

  4. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4285.

  5. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5074-5075)

  6. House

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  7. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 250.

  8. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-294.

  9. House

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

  10. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  11. House

    Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged

  12. House

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

Show 3 earlier actions
  1. House

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

  2. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  3. Introduced in House