Summary

Adds certain military and veteran survivors to the list of people eligible for lifetime Federal Lands recreation passes. Specifically, survivors who receive the military death gratuity or Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) from the VA would be entitled to a lifetime Federal Lands pass, giving them access to national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and other federal recreation lands covered by the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. The change is narrow and administrative: it updates eligibility language in existing law, does not appropriate money, and does not create a new program. Agencies that issue recreation passes will need to verify eligibility under the newly added survivor categories.

• Adds survivors entitled to the military death gratuity to the list of people eligible for lifetime Federal Lands recreation passes.
• Adds survivors who receive VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) to lifetime Federal Lands pass eligibility.
• Applies to passes governed by the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (national parks, forests, refuges, BLM sites, etc.).
• Does not provide new funding or appropriate money; changes only eligibility language in existing law.
• Requires agencies that issue passes to update verification and issuance procedures for the newly eligible survivor categories.
• Expected to have minimal fiscal impact given the narrow population affected.
• Does not alter VA or DoD benefits themselves—only access to lifetime recreation passes.
• No effective date or deadlines specified in the text; standard enactment rules apply.