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PARK Act

To prohibit National Park System entrance fee waivers commemorating the birthday of a sitting President, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jan 15, 2026

Latest action (Jan 15, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Referred to
Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary
  • Prohibits National Park System and National Wildlife Refuge System units from waiving or reducing entrance fees to commemorate the birthday of a sitting President.
  • Allows fee waivers for sitting Presidents' birthdays only if the birthday coincides with a Federal holiday listed in title 5 of the U.S. Code.
  • Applies to all units of the National Park System and National Wildlife Refuge System that charge entrance fees.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
8 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Gabe Amo’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • CAPITOL CITY GROUP $15,350
  • BLACKSTONE $14,900
  • Employer not reported $14,421
  • CORNISH ASSOCIATES $12,900
  • C.B. UTILITY CO., INC. $11,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Gabe Amo → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 15, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
  2. Jan 15, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 6603 — Our Parks Act · Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 80%
  • HR 9282 — Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act · Introduced Jun 30, 2026 · Cong. 119 73%
  • S 3429 — Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act · Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 7251 — Prohibit Partisan Park Passes Act · Introduced Mar 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%
  • S 2896 — STARS Act · Introduced Sep 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 3735 — Prohibit Partisan Park Passes Act · Introduced Jan 29, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 15, 2026

Mr. Amo (for himself, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Goldman of New York, and Mr. Huffman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To prohibit National Park System entrance fee waivers commemorating the birthday of a sitting President, 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 “Protecting America’s Resources from Kings Act” or the “PARK Act”.

SEC. 2. NO ENTRANCE FEE WAIVER FOR CERTAIN PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHDAYS.

For each unit of the National Park System or National Wildlife Refuge System at which an entrance fee is charged under section 803(e)(1) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6802(e)(1)), the entrance fee may not be waived or otherwise reduced to commemorate the birthday of a sitting President, unless the birthday coincides with a Federal holiday listed in section 6103 of title 5, United States Code. <all>

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