Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill requires annual fee-free days on specified holidays for Federal recreational lands and waters.
Who Benefits and How
Members of the public could gain more free access to National Park System units and other Federal recreational lands and waters on specified commemorative days.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal land-management agencies could forgo some fee revenue on the required fee-free days.
Key Provisions
- Requires free admission or use days for Federal recreational lands and waters on specified holidays and commemorative days.
- Preserves existing authority to provide additional fee-free days.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill requires annual fee-free days on specified holidays for Federal recreational lands and waters.
Key Policy Areas
Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill requires annual fee-free days on specified holidays for Federal recreational lands and waters.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Members of the public using Federal recreational lands and waters on required fee-free days
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal land-management agencies forgoing fee revenue on the required free-access days
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, and …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Members of the public receiving free access to Federal recreational lands and waters on specified days
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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