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STARS Act
Sponsored By: Senator Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced
Summary
One-day national fee waiver for federal recreation sites on September 17, 2026. The STARS Act would waive entrance and standard amenity recreation fees that day at units that normally charge them across the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, and Forest Service.
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- Families and visitors: Free admission and standard-amenity access at participating federal recreation sites on September 17, 2026.
- National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge units that charge entrance fees: The Secretary of the Interior would designate that date as entrance-fee-free for those units.
- Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, and Forest Service sites that charge standard amenity recreation fees: Those fees would be waived for each visitor on that date.
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Free entry to federal recreation sites
If enacted, this bill would make September 17, 2026 a fee-free day at many federal recreation sites. You would not pay entrance fees at National Park System or National Wildlife Refuge units that normally charge them on that date. The Interior Department would also waive standard amenity recreation fees on that date at Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation sites that charge them. The Agriculture Department would waive standard amenity recreation fees on that date at Forest Service sites that charge them. The bill uses the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act definitions for “entrance fee” and “standard amenity recreation fee.”
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Boozman, John [R-AR]
AR • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
MT • R
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
CO • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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