Protecting America’s Treasures by Raising Inflow from Overseas Tourists (PATRIOT) Parks Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4604 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4604 To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to collect a surcharge from international visitors to units of the National Park System, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2025 Mr. Moore of West Virginia (for himself and Mr. Zinke) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to collect a surcharge from international visitors to units of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 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 America's Treasures by Raising Inflow from Overseas Tourists (PATRIOT) Parks Act''. SEC. 2. SURCHARGE FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. (a) Entrance Fee Surcharge.--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) Entrance fee surcharge for international visitors.-- ``(A) Definition of international visitor.--In this paragraph, the term `international visitor' means a nonimmigrant individual admitted into the United States under-- ``(i) section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B)); or ``(ii) section 217 of the Immig