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S2896Referred to Committee

STARS Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-09-18
Introduced
4
Cosponsors
S
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Type

Sponsor

John Boozman
John Boozman
Republican · AR · Senator
Votes with party: 35.3% (320 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001236

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (4)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Alex Padilla (D-CA)Original· 2025-09-18
  • Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)Original· 2025-09-18
  • John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)Original· 2025-09-18
  • Steve Daines (R-MT)Original· 2025-09-18

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2025-09-18

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-09-18

Previously

  • Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To · 2025-09-18

Plain-English Summary

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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