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The bill preserves perceived political neutrality of national park pass imagery by excluding living elected or political figures, at the cost of narrowing community image choices and adding vetting work for agency staff.
State and local governments (and visitors): annual national park pass imagery will be restricted to avoid depicting living elected or political figures, reducing perceptions that agencies or passes endorse current politicians and helping preserve political neutrality.
Nonprofits and local governments: the rule narrows the pool of eligible images for the annual competition and may prevent communities from featuring popular living local figures they want to honor.
State governments and land-management agencies: agency staff (e.g., Secretaries) may need to review submissions to determine whether subjects are living elected or political figures, creating additional administrative workload.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Bars images of living current or former elected officials and other living political figures from the America the Beautiful annual pass image contest.
Official title: To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to prohibit the use of the image of living political figures on the America the Beautiful-the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass.
Introduced January 27, 2026 by Sarah Elfreth · Last progress January 27, 2026
Stops living elected officials and other living political figures from appearing on the image chosen for the annual America the Beautiful—National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands pass. It amends the current law that governs the public image competition so that any winning design cannot include a living current or former elected official or other living political figure.