Bill addresses federal park fees on Black holidays - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Bill addresses federal park fees on Black holidays - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

California Black Media WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Los Angeles, introduced legislation June 11 that would restore Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day as fee-free admission days at national parks and other federal recreational lands. The measure, known as the Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Lands Act, comes after the Trump administration removed the two holidays from its list of fee-free days a…