PARKS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9145 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9145

 To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for
            free annual passes to licensed foster families.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2026

 Mr. Fulcher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
  Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for
            free annual passes to licensed foster families.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Access to Recreation for
Kids in Foster Settings Act'' or ``PARKS Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL PASSES.

    Section 805(b)(3) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
(16 U.S.C. 6804(b)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``at no cost, to'' and inserting ``at no
        cost, to--'';
            (2) by striking ``members of'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) members of'';
            (3) by striking ``determined by the Secretary.'' and
        inserting ``determined by the Secretary; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) families whose home is a foster family home
                (as defined in section 472(c) of the Social Security
                Act (42 U.S.C. 672(c)), including through the
                application of section 479B of such Act)--
                            ``(i) who provide adequate proof of
                        eligibility for such pass as determined by the
                        Secretary; and
                            ``(ii) not to exceed one pass per family,
                        except if the family is comprised of too many
                        members to be covered by a single pass when
                        visiting a site together, the Secretary may
                        make available one or more additional passes at
                        no cost to cover the applicable entrance fees
                        and standard amenity fees for the family.''.
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