STARS Act

This bill sets one free-visit day at many federal parks and recreation sites to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. It tells the Interior Department to make September 17, 2026 a day with no entrance fees at National Park Service sites that normally charge admission. It also waives day-use fees (called “standard amenity recreation fees”) that same day at sites run by the Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Reclamation. The Agriculture Department would waive those day-use fees at Forest Service sites, too.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Visitors to National Park Service sites with entrance fees, and visitors to BLM, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and Forest Service sites that charge day-use fees.
• What changes: Entrance fees and standard day-use fees are waived for one day.
• When: September 17, 2026.