House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
STARS Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to designate an entrance-fee free date in 2026 at National Park Service sites in order to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.
Sponsor: Rep. Celeste Maloy R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 2, 2025
- Committee actionJul 23, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4285.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4285, STARS Act” on September 29, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 15, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61777
- CBO publication date
- September 29, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4285, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-294 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 15, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/294
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4285, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MALOY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 114, July 2, 2025, Page H3189):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2025 ↗
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- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4285, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Celeste Maloy.
- H.J.Res. 60 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service…
- H.R. 3073 (119th) Shivwits Band of Paiutes Jurisdictional Clarity Act
- H.R. 689 (119th) FREE Act
- H.R. 301 (119th) GEO Act
- H.R. 302 (119th) Water Rights Protection Act
- H.R. 5091 (119th) To amend section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to provide hazard pay for carrying out prescribed burns, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.