US Congress Senate Bill 1522 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-07-19 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Every Kid Outdoors Act This bill directs the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and the Army to establish the Every Kids Outdoors program to provide fourth graders free access to federal lands and waters to which the public has access. Such Departments shall issue such students annual passes, upon request, which shall allow free access to: a per-vehicle fee area for the student and any passengers accompanying the student in a private, noncommercial vehicle or for up to three adults accompanying the student on bicycles; or a per-person fee area for the student and up to three adults accompanying the student. In carrying out such program, such departments: may collaborate with state park systems that opt to implement a complementary Every Kid Outdoors State park pass, shall maintain a publicly available website that provides information about the program, may provide visitor services, and may support approved partners of the federal lands and waters by furnishing them with opportunities for participation in the program.

Every Kid Outdoors Act

Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-19	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
2017-07-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB3186 (Related) 2018-11-28 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 680.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1522/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1522/BILLS-115s1522is.pdf