# 2025-12775: Foreigners Pay More for US Parks in Beauty Revival Plan 2025-12775, Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-07-09, effective 2025-07-03; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-12775 - As of: 2026-11-03 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-12775 - Title: Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks - Type: Presidential Document - Agencies: Executive Office of the President - Citation: 90 FR 30201 - Published: 2025-07-09 - Effective: 2025-07-03 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-11-03 ## In one line Foreigners Pay More for US Parks in Beauty Revival Plan ## Summary Starting soon, foreign visitors will pay a bit more to enter our national parks, while U.S. residents will enjoy better prices and improved services. The extra money collected will help fix park facilities and make visits more fun and accessible for everyone. This plan aims to keep our parks beautiful and welcoming for generations to come, with new actions rolling out after July 2025. ## Effects PRIA read - Higher Park Entrance Fees for Nonresidents: cost, medium. The Secretary of the Interior will develop a strategy to increase entrance fees and recreation pass fees for nonresidents in parts of the National Park System that charge those fees, as defined in 16 U.S.C. 6801. The order was signed July 3, 2025 and directs the Department to implement these increa… - Higher Prices on ‘America the Beautiful’ Passes: cost, medium. The Secretary of the Interior, working with the Secretary of Agriculture as appropriate, is directed to increase the sale prices of the America the Beautiful Pass (National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass) and any site-specific or regional passes for nonresidents. This change applies to n… - Fee Revenue Must Fund Park Upgrades: benefit, medium. Any increased fee revenue generated from the nonresident fee changes must be used to improve infrastructure or otherwise enhance enjoyment of or access to Federal recreational areas, consistent with 16 U.S.C. 6807. The order ties new fee revenue directly to investment in park facilities and visitor… - Improving Services and Affordability for U.S. Residents: benefit, medium. The Secretary of the Interior, working with the Secretary of Agriculture as appropriate, shall take steps to improve services and affordability for United States residents visiting national parks, consistent with applicable law. The order explicitly directs actions to make park visits more affordab… - Preferential Access for American Residents: mixed, medium. The Secretary of the Interior shall review recreational access rules, rescind rules that unnecessarily restrict recreation, and take appropriate actions to grant American residents preferential treatment with respect to remaining recreational access rules, including permitting or lottery rules. The… - Implement Legacy Restoration Fund and Expand Capacity: benefit, medium. The Secretary of the Interior shall review the National Park Service maintenance backlog and take all appropriate action to fully implement the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund established in the Great American Outdoors Act (Public Law 116-152), invest in park infrastructure,… ## Related documents - [2026-22385](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22385): Adjusting Imports of Robotics, Industrial Machinery, and Their Parts and Components Into the United States, 2026-11-02 - [2026-22292](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22292): Further Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Co…, 2026-10-30 - [2026-22051](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22051): Decreasing Housing Costs for the American People, 2026-10-28 - [2026-22052](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22052): Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Domestic Petroleum Production, Ref…, 2026-10-28 - [2026-22049](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22049): Adjusting Imports of Wind Turbines and Their Parts and Components Into the United States, 2026-10-28 - [2026-22050](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22050): National Seafood Month, 2026, 2026-10-28 ## Sources - [2025-12775 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/09/2025-12775/making-america-beautiful-again-by-improving-our-national-parks) - [2025-12775 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-09/pdf/2025-12775.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2025-12774, Establishing the President's Make America Beautiful Again Commission](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-12774) - [Next: 2025-12961, Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy So…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-12961) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-12775 (as of 2026-11-03).