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To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to waive entrance fees to national parks on Federal holidays, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends federal law to waive entrance fees for national parks and national wildlife refuges on Federal holidays. The requirement applies to any national park or wildlife refuge unit that normally charges an entrance fee. Instead of collecting entrance fees on days designated as Federal holidays under federal law, these facilities would admit visitors free of charge.
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Sponsor (1)
12 cosponsors
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH)
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY)
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY)
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY)
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY)
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY)
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI)
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY)
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL)
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY)
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX)
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
Actions (2)
- Dec 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Dec 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 10, 2025
Mr. Torres of New York (for himself and Ms. Clarke of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to waive entrance fees to national parks on Federal holidays, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Our Parks Act”.
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF ENTRANCE FEES ON FEDERAL HOLIDAYS.
Section 803(e) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6802(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(3) Federal holidays.—For each unit of the National Park System or National Wildlife Refuge System at which an entrance fee is charged under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall not charge an entrance fee for entrance on a Federal holiday listed in section 6103 of title 5, United States Code.”. <all>
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