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Committee clears 11 bipartisan bills by unanimous consent including land transfers, research, fee‑free park day
Summary
By unanimous consent the committee advanced 11 bills — a mix of local land transfers to tribes, research institute authorization, program reauthorizations, and a fee‑free national parks day — and approved related amendments agreed by the minority.
The House Committee on Natural Resources agreed by unanimous consent to report out a package of 11 largely bipartisan bills that the majority and ranking minority worked out in advance. Committee leaders announced the package toward the end of the markup and asked unanimous consent to report the bills favorably with the amendments that had been filed and agreed to.
The unanimous‑consent package included:
- H.R. 42 85 (STARS Act / Semiquincentennial Tourism and Access to Recreation Sites Act) — establishes a fee‑free national parks day to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary and, in committee form, was amended to expand fee…
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