STARS Act
Introduced Jul 2, 2025 by Rep. Celeste Maloy
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Dec 10, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 9, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 9, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5074)
- Dec 9, 2025Passed/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 9, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4285.
- Dec 9, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5074-5075)
- Dec 9, 2025Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 15, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 250.
- Sep 15, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-294.
- Jul 23, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 23, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 23, 2025Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
- Jul 16, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Jul 9, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Jul 2, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jul 2, 2025Introduced in House