S3429-119

In Committee

Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act

119th Congress Introduced Dec 10, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

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:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

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

Environment

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
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is

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
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 10, 2025

Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, and …

Dec 10, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …

Dec 10, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

General Public
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Members of the public receiving free access to Federal recreational lands and waters on specified days

2/3
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment

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