H.R. 4300 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4300 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 1, 2021Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Long, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Young, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Hill, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Ms. Herrell, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Bentz, Mr. Sablan, Miss González-Colón, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Fleischmann, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Takano, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Soto, Mr. Brown, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Meijer, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Mann, Mr. Owens, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Moore of Utah, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Lamb, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Crow, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Schrader, Ms. Cheney, Mr. Pence, Ms. Granger, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Chabot, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Cole, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Bost, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Gohmert, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. LaHood, Ms. Foxx, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Carl, Mr. Mast, Mr. Levin of California, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Norman, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. McClintock, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. Harris, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Brooks, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Steube, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Barr, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Buck, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Obernolte, Mrs. Steel, Mr. Womack, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Issa, Mr. Webster of Florida, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Neguse, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, and Mr. Moore of Alabama) 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 A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make free National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes available to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act. 2. Recreation passes Section 805 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3385; 16 U.S.C. 6804) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking age and disability discounted and inserting age discount and lifetime; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the heading, by striking Discounted and inserting Free and discounted; (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the heading, by striking Disability discount and inserting Lifetime passes; and (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: (B) Any veteran who provides adequate proof of military service as determined by the Secretary. (C) Any member of a Gold Star Family who meets the eligibility requirements of section 3.2 of Department of Defense Instruction 1348.36 (or a successor instruction). ; and (C) in paragraph (3)— (i) in the heading, by striking Gold star families parks pass and inserting Annual passes; and (ii) by striking members of and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting members of the Armed Forces and their dependents who provide adequate proof of eligibility for such pass as determined by the Secretary..