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PARC Act

To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the acceptance of cash payments for entrance fees at units of the National Park System.

Introduced Mar 13, 2025

Latest action (Mar 13, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Referred to
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Legislative subjects (2)
Parks, recreation areas, trailsUser charges and fees

Summary

- Requires units of the National Park System that charge entrance fees to accept cash as a form of payment.

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)
7 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

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

  • PARADIGM $19,800
  • THE SINCLAIR COMPANIES $9,900
  • COINBASE $9,100
  • ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $8,200
  • TARPLIN, DOWNS AND YOUNG, LLC $7,100

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

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
  2. Mar 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 5254 — Gateway Partnership Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 2767 — Gateway Partnership Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 1682 — BELO’S Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 183 — Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Recreation Pass Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 3456 — Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Recreation Pass Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 9250 — Great American Outdoors Act 250 (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 1547 — America the Beautiful Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 9171 — Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 2 subjects)

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 4604 — Protecting America’s Treasures by Raising Inflow from Overseas Tourists (PATRIOT) Parks Act · Introduced Jul 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • S 211 — Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act · Introduced Jan 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 4447 — Forest Tax Relief Act · Introduced Aug 27, 1998 · Cong. 105 67%
  • S 2787 — Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 6300 — Grasslands Grazing Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 1114 — Watershed Protection and Forest Recovery Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Mar 13, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 13, 2025

Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Justice, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the acceptance of cash payments for entrance fees at units of the National Park System.

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 Access to Recreation with Cash Act” or the “PARC Act”.

SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF CASH PAYMENTS FOR ENTRANCE FEES AT UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.

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) Acceptance of cash payments required.—The Secretary of the Interior shall require that any unit of the National Park System at which an entrance fee is charged in accordance with paragraph (1) accept cash as a form of payment for the entrance fee.”. <all>

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