STARS Act has not moved since its introduction on Sep 18, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 114 words.
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 or National Wildlife Refuge System sites; and (2) the standard amenity recreation fees for all visitors to each site managed by the Bureau of Land Management 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.
- Committees
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 12 of 120 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 235 words
- Latest action
- Sep 18, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
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