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H.R. 3186: Every Kid Outdoors Act

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H.R. 3186: Every Kid Outdoors Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-11 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 680.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 395 (2018): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR3186 (2018-09-12), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 680. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Every Kid Outdoors Act

Plain summary

Every Kid Outdoors Act This bill directs the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and the Army to establish the Every Kids Outdoors program to provide fourth graders free access to federal lands and waters to which the public has access. Such Departments shall issue such students annual passes, upon request, which shall allow free access to: a per-vehicle fee area for the student and any passengers accompanying the student in a private, noncommercial vehicle or for up to three adults accompanying the student on bicycles; or a per-person fee area for the student and up to three adults accompanying the student. In carrying out such program, such departments: may collaborate with state park systems that opt to implement a complementary Every Kid Outdoors State park pass, shall maintain a publicly available website that provides information about the program, may provide visitor services, and may support approved partners of the federal lands and waters by furnishing them with opportunities for participation in the program.

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Official text

Every Kid Outdoors Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] · 54 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3186, Every Kid Outdoors Act (2018-06-11); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3186, Every Kid Outdoors Act (2018-10-23)

Cosponsors on this site

Diana DeGette (D-CO), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Adam Smith (D-WA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA)

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Record fed-us-cong115-hr3186 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115