Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act
This bill, titled the Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act, requires the Secretary of the Interior to make specific federal recreational lands and waters free of admission fees on designated dates throughout the year. The key provision mandates that these free access days include Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the first day of National Park Week, Juneteenth, Great American Outdoors Day, National Public Lands Day, and Veterans Day. Additionally, the legislation grants the Secretary the authority to establish extra fee-free days beyond those listed. These changes directly affect visitors to national parks and other federal recreational areas by providing them with guaranteed free entry on these holidays and observances.
Bill status
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1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2026
Committee Review
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Introduced Jun 11, 2026
Last action Jun 30, 2026
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Jun 30, 2026
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
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Jun 11, 2026
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Jun 11, 2026
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 26 co-sponsors
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Sydney Kamlager-Dove
DDemocratic
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Adelita S. Grijalva
DDemocratic
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André Carson
DDemocratic
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Bennie G. Thompson
DDemocratic
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Danny K. Davis
DDemocratic
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Dwight Evans
DDemocratic
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
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Emanuel Cleaver
DDemocratic
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Emily Randall
DDemocratic
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Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Jared Huffman
DDemocratic
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