Every Kid Outdoors Reauthorization Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5541 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5541

    To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
Recreation Act to permanently authorize the Every Kid Outdoors program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2025

   Ms. Ansari (for herself, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Bynum, Mr. 
   Carson, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. 
 Magaziner, Ms. McBride, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Mr. Thanedar, and Ms. 
    Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
Recreation Act to permanently authorize the Every Kid Outdoors program, 
                        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 ``Every Kid Outdoors Reauthorization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EVERY KID OUTDOORS REAUTHORIZATION.

    Section 9001 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, 
and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 16 U.S.C. 6804 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ``or home-schooled 
        learner 10'' and inserting ``or fifth grader or home-schooled 
        learner who is 10 or 11'';
            (2) in the heading for subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking 
        ``in grade four''; and
            (3) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (5) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated for use by the Secretaries in carrying out 
        paragraph (3), $25,000,000 for each fiscal year to--
                    ``(A) provide operational and staff support for the 
                program, including coordination for the National Park 
                Service to provide operational and staff support in 
                carrying out the activities of the program;
                    ``(B) promote the program and distribute resources 
                related to the program to schools, youth-serving 
                organizations, parents, and caregivers;
                    ``(C) provide transportation services related to 
                the program to schools and youth-serving organizations 
                with the greatest financial needs; and
                    ``(D) launch targeted outreach related to the 
                program for underserved communities and children with 
                disabilities.''.
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