,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #behj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #b1    
#bjba,ms4 ,sinema 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,boozman1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 and ,ms4      
,ernst7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the   
,secretary of the ,interior and the     
,secretary of ,agriculture to make free 
,national ,parks and ,federal           
,recreational ,lands ,passes available  
to members of the ,armed ,forces1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,alexander ,lofgren ,veterans in ,parks 
7,,vip7 ,act4  #b4 ,recreation passes   
,section #hje of the ,federal ,lands    
,recreation ,enhancement ,act 7,public  
,law #ajh-ddg2 #aah ,stat4 #cche2 #af   
,u4,s4,c4 #fhjd7 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
subsection 7a77#d71 by striking age and 
disability discounted and inserting age 
discount and lifetime2 and  7#b7 in     

subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in the heading1 by
 striking ,discounted and inserting     
,free and discounted2  7,b7 in paragraph
 7#b7-- 7i7 in the heading1 by striking 
,disability discount and inserting      
,lifetime passes2 and  7ii7 by striking 
subparagraph 7,b7 and inserting the     
following3  7,b7 ,any veteran who       
provides adequate proof of military     
service as determined by the ,secretary4
  7,c7 ,any member of a ,gold ,star     
,family who meets the eligibility       
requirements of section #c4b of         
,department of ,defense ,instruction    
#acdh4cf 7or a successor instruction74  
2 and  7,c7 in paragraph 7#c7-- 7i7 in  
the heading1 by striking ,gold star     
families parks pass and inserting       
,annual passes2 and  7ii7 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 ,secretary44