This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to make September 17, 2026 an entrance-fee-free date at units of the National Park System that charge an entrance fee. It also requires waiving "standard amenity recreation fees" on that date for sites managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation that charge those fees. The Secretary of Agriculture must waive standard amenity recreation fees for Forest Service sites that charge them. The bill uses the fee definitions in section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
If you visit a participating national park, wildlife refuge, BLM, Reclamation, or Forest Service site on September 17, 2026 and that site normally charges an entrance or standard amenity fee, you would not have to pay that fee on that day. The waiver applies only to sites that normally charge those fees. The bill text does not change other site rules or permits.
No publicly available information on cost estimates or how any lost fee revenue would be covered. The bill text does not include funding or an agency cost estimate.
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