HR 4285
· 119th Congress
· Public Lands and Natural Resources
STARS Act
Sponsor
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Dec 10, 2025
introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Dec 09, 2025
floor
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 09, 2025
floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5074-5075)
Dec 09, 2025
floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4285.
Dec 09, 2025
passed
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 09, 2025
passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5074)
Dec 09, 2025
passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 15, 2025
committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-294.
Natural Resources Committee
Sep 15, 2025
other
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 250.
Jul 23, 2025
committee
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
Natural Resources Committee
Jul 23, 2025
committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Natural Resources Committee
Jul 23, 2025
committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Natural Resources Committee
Jul 16, 2025
committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Jul 09, 2025
committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Jul 02, 2025
introduced
Introduced in House
Jul 02, 2025
introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Natural Resources Committee
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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.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.R. 4285 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
+[H.R. 4285 Engrossed in House (EH)]
<DOC>
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4285
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
-
-December 10, 2025
-
-Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
-Natural Resources
_______________________________________________________________________
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Attest:
-KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
+Clerk.
+119th CONGRESS
-Clerk.
+1st Session
+
+H. R. 4285
+
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+AN ACT
+
+To direct the Secretary of the Interior to designate an entrance-fee
+free date in 2026 at National Park Service sites in order to celebrate
+the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.