,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aahd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ac1       
#bjai,ms4 ,de,gette 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,tipton1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 
,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,graves of ,louisiana1
 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of   
,california1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 
,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4          
,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney
 of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4     
,pocan1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,mr4 ,thompson  
of ,california1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4       
,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,mr4
 ,smith of ,washington1 ,ms4 ,torres    
,small of ,new ,mexico1 and ,mr4        
,garamendi7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources1 and  
in addition to the ,committees on       
,agriculture1 and ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           

jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish an ,every ,kid 
,outdoors program1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,every ,kid         
,outdoors ,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in   
this ,act3  7#a7 ,federal land and      
waters ,the term ,federal land and      
waters means any ,federal land or body  
of water under the jurisdiction of any  
of the ,secretaries to which the public 
has access4  7#b7 ,program ,the term    
program means the ,every ,kid ,outdoors 
program established under section       
#c7;a74  7#c7 ,secretaries ,the term    
,secretaries means--  7,a7 the          
,secretary of the ,interior1 acting     
through-- 7i7 the ,director of the      
,national ,park ,service2  7ii7 the     
,director of the ,united ,states ,fish  
and ,wildlife ,service2  7iii7 the      
,director of the ,bureau of ,land       
,management2 and  7iv7 the ,commissioner
 of ,reclamation2  7,b7 the ,secretary  
of ,agriculture1 acting through the     

,chief of the ,forest ,service2  7,c7   
the ,secretary of ,commerce1 acting     
through the ,administrator of the       
,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric     
,administration2 and  7,d7 the          
,secretary of the ,army1 acting through 
the ,chief of ,engineers of the ,corps  
of ,engineers4  7#d7 ,state ,the term   
,state means each of the several        
,states1 the ,district of ,columbia1    
,american ,samoa1 ,guam1 the ,northern  
,mariana ,islands1 ,puerto ,rico1 the   
,virgin ,islands of the ,united ,states1
 and any other territory or possession  
of the ,united ,states4  7#e7 ,student  
or ,students ,the term student or       
students means any fourth grader or     
home-schooled learner #aj years of age  
residing in the ,united ,states1        
including any territory or possession of
 the ,united ,states4  #c4 ,every kid   
outdoors program  7a7 ,establishment    
,the ,secretaries shall jointly         
establish a program1 to be known as the 
,every ,kid ,outdoors program1 to       

provide free access to ,federal land and
 waters for students and accompanying   
individuals in accordance with this     
section4  7b7 ,annual passes  7#a7 ,in  
general ,at the request of a student1   
the ,secretaries shall issue a pass to  
the student1 which allows access to     
,federal lands and waters for which     
access is subject to an entrance1       
standard amenity1 or day use fee1 free  
of charge for the student and--  7,a7 in
 the case of a per-vehicle fee area--   
7i7 any passengers accompanying the     
student in a private1 noncommercial     
vehicle2 or  7ii7 not more than three   
adults accompanying the student on      
bicycles2 or  7,b7 in the case of a     
per-person fee area1 not more than three
 adults accompanying the student4  7#b7 
,term ,a pass described in paragraph    
7#a7 shall be effective during the      
period beginning on ,september #a and   
ending on ,august #ca of the following  
year4  7#c7 ,presence of a student in   
grade four required ,a pass described in

 paragraph 7#a7 shall be effective only 
if the student to which the pass was    
issued is present at the point of entry 
to the applicable ,federal land or      
water4  7c7 ,other activities ,in       
carrying out the program1 the           
,secretaries-- 7#a7 may collaborate with
 ,state ,park systems that opt to       
implement a complementary ,every ,kid   
,outdoors ,state park pass2  7#b7 may   
coordinate with the ,secretary of       
,education to implement the program2    
7#c7 shall maintain a publicly available
 website with information about the     
program2  7#d7 may provide visitor      
services for the program2 and  7#e7 may 
support approved partners of the        
,federal land and waters by providing   
the partners with opportunities to      
participate in the program4  7d7        
,reports ,the ,secretary of the         
,interior1 in coordination with each    
,secretary1 shall prepare a             
comprehensive report to ,congress each  
year describing--  7#a7 the             

implementation of the program2  7#b7 the
 number and geographical distribution of
 students who participated in the       
program2 and  7#c7 the number of passes 
described in subsection 7b77#a7 that    
were distributed4