[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7620 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7620

 To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the 
acceptance of cash payments for entrance fees at units of the National 
                              Park System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2024

Mr. Norman (for himself, Mrs. Peltola, Mr. Posey, Mr. Rose, Mr. Rouzer, 
Mr. Lamborn, Ms. Mace, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Rosendale, 
 and Ms. Boebert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the 
acceptance of cash payments for entrance fees at units of the National 
                              Park System.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Access to Recreation with 
Cash Act'' or the ``PARC Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF CASH PAYMENTS FOR ENTRANCE FEES AT UNITS OF THE 
              NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.

    Section 803(e) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 
U.S.C. 6802(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Acceptance of cash payments required.--The Secretary 
        of the Interior shall require that any unit of the National 
        Park System at which an entrance fee is charged in accordance 
        with paragraph (1) accept cash as a form of payment for the 
        entrance fee.''.
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