Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “National Parks for America’s Children Act”.
National Parks for America’s Children Act
A BILL
To require that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, create a program to help ensure that youth from urban areas have access to National Parks, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Access to National Parks for Urban Youth
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, shall create a program to help ensure that youth from urban areas have access to National Parks. The program shall include—
an advertising strategy aimed at urban youths;
transportation programs to help ensure urban youth have better access to National Parks;
partnerships with urban schools to teach basic outdoor skills and basic nature and biology; and
a grant program to help ensure that urban youth can afford the attendance and lodging fees at National Parks.