introduced the Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act to restore and codify long-standing “fee-free days” at our national parks and other recreational lands
I will restore and codify long-standing fee-free days at national parks and other recreational lands.
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Evidence
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The article says the National Park Service's 2026 fee-free calendar is in effect with Flag Day added, while Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day are no longer fee-free days; it also says the changes are part of the Department of the Interior's broader pricing overhaul.
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The congresswoman's House website says she introduced the Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act to bring back long-standing fee-free days at national parks and other recreational lands.
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GovInfo's introduced House bill text shows Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove introduced H.R. 9282 on June 11, 2026 and that it was referred to the House Natural Resources and Agriculture committees. The bill would amend 16 U.S.C. 6804(e) to require fee-free access on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the first day of National Park Week, Juneteenth, Great American Outdoors Day, National Public Lands Day, and Veterans Day.
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The National Park Service's 2026 free entrance days list includes Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day/President Trump's birthday, Independence Day weekend, the NPS birthday, Constitution Day, Theodore Roosevelt's birthday, and Veterans Day, and says free entrance days beginning in 2026 apply only to U.S. citizens and residents. The list does not include several days H.R. 9282 would restore or codify, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Great American Outdoors Day, National Public Lands Day, or the first day of National Park Week.
Assessments
Kamlager-Dove introduced H.R. 9282 in the 119th Congress to restore and codify fee-free days for national parks and other federal recreational lands, directly matching the promise. However, the bill remains in committee and there is no evidence it was enacted or that the fee-free calendar was restored or codified. Current NPS policy still omits several promised long-standing fee-free days. This is a serious same-term legislative effort, but the promised outcome has not been delivered.
Kamlager-Dove appears to have made a meaningful same-term legislative effort by introducing a bill specifically aimed at restoring and codifying fee-free days at national parks and other public lands. But the evidence provided does not show enactment, implementation, or any completed restoration traceable to her. The additional evidence instead suggests federal policy in 2026 moved away from some long-standing fee-free holiday dates, which cuts against a finding of delivery. Under the federal candidate-credit standard, this supports failed delivery with effort credit rather than full or partial fulfillment.
As of June 15, 2026, the promised outcome has not been achieved: the 2026 federal fee-free calendar still does not restore Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, and the provided evidence indicates the policy moved in the opposite direction. But Kamlager-Dove did take a concrete federal step on June 11, 2026: her official House website says she introduced the Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act to restore and codify those fee-free days. Because she is still serving in federal office and has now materially advanced legislation aligned with the promise, this is best scored as unresolved rather than never. There is no delivered outcome yet, so timing of delivery is unknown.