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U.S. OVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 680
115TH CONGRESS S REPORT
2d Session J SENATE1 115-394
EVERY KID OUTDOORS ACT
NOVEMBER 28, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKJ, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3186]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (H.R. 3186) to establish an Every Kid Outdoors
program, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that
the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of H.R. 3186 is to establish an Every Kid Outdoors
program, to provide free access to federal land and waters for cer-
tain students.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The Every Kid in a Park initiative was launched by President
Obama in February 2015 as part of the lead-up to the 2016 Na-
tional Park Service (NPS) Centennial Celebration. The initiative
was initially described as a call to action to inspire the next gen-
eration to discover all that America's public lands and waters have
to offer. The program initially provided fourth grade students and
their families' free admission to all National Parks and other fed-
eral lands and waters for a year. Expanding beyond the first year
of the initiative, the Every Kid in A Park program eventually in-
cluded the distribution of planning information and educational
materials for teachers and families as well as the inclusion of
transportation grants (in partnership with the National Park Foun-
dation), all of which continue today.
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