Soldiers' relatives get free park passes for life.
H.R. 1682 — Benefits that Endure for Lifetimes Of Service Act · Filed by Gabe Evans (R-CO) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill gives relatives of soldiers who died in service free passes to parks and public lands. The passes last for life. Right now some groups like disabled soldiers can get these passes. This bill makes sure any relative who gets death money or VA help can get a free pass.
Who it affects
Relatives of soldiers who died in service are affected. They must get either military death money or VA help to get the pass.
One thing to notice
Only relatives already getting death help from the government can get free passes. Some relatives of dead soldiers may not get the pass.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 3 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
- Feb 27, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Feb 27, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Agriculture and House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period…”
- May 13, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection”
- May 13, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (535 characters) on Jul 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,358 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-19.
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