Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Recreation Pass Act
Latest action · Jul 21, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 21, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Law Enforcement Officer Recreation Pass Act
This bill directs the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available, without charge and for the lifetime of the passholder, to law enforcement officers.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 11, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Robert F. Onder, Jr. | Jun 11, 2025 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2025Markup Jun 25, 2025Reported Jul 16, 2025 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2025Discharged Jul 16, 2025 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Feb 7, 2025 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jul 22, 2025 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 21, 2026 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
- Jul 22, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jul 21, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3495-3497)
- Jul 21, 2025Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 21, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 183.
- Jul 21, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3496)
- Jul 21, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 21, 2025The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 16, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-207, Part I.
- Jul 16, 2025Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- Jul 16, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 170.
- Jun 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 7, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2025Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3495–H3497Text printed H3496 | Pete Stauber R-MN, Tom McClintock R-CA, Val T. Hoyle D-OR | Jul 21, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 1, January 3, 2025, page H42.
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a lifetime National Recreational Pass for law enforcement officers.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a free annual National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass for law enforcement officers and firefighters.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Law Enforcement Officer Recreation Pass Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Recreation Pass Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Recreation Pass Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Law Enforcement Officer and Firefighter Recreation Pass Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a free annual National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass for law enforcement officers and firefighters.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2025Referred in Senate
- Jul 21, 2025Engrossed in House
- Jul 16, 2025Reported in House
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
