STARS Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary reported to house (Sep 15, 2025)
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.
What just happenedDec 10, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Who’s behind it
- Referred in SenateDec 10, 2025
- Engrossed in HouseDec 9, 2025
- Reported in HouseSep 15, 2025
- Introduced in HouseJul 2, 2025
- Dec 10, 2025IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 9, 2025FloorH38310
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 9, 2025FloorH37300
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5074)
- Dec 9, 2025Floor8000
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, 2025FloorH8D000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4285.
- Dec 9, 2025FloorH30000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5074-5075)
- Dec 9, 2025FloorH30300
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 15, 2025CalendarsH12410
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 250.
- Sep 15, 2025CommitteeH12200
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-294.
- Sep 15, 2025Committee5000
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-294.
- Jul 23, 2025Committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 23, 2025Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 23, 2025Committee
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
- Jul 16, 2025Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Jul 9, 2025Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Jul 2, 2025IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jul 2, 2025IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 2, 2025IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House