S. 2896 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
STARS Act
Cosponsors: 4 (3 D, 1 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-10
Introduced: 2025-09-18
Latest action (2025-09-18): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
What S. 2896 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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