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Senior Pass Price Won't Jump To $80 Until October 1

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 15th, 2017

The $80 price tag for a Senior Pass to the National Park System won't take effect until October 1.

Lose your Senior Pass to the National Park System and need a new one? Turning 62 soon and hope to buy your lifetime Senior Pass before the $10 fee jumps to $80? Relax, you all have time.

Thomas Crosson, the chief spokesman for the National Park Service, said Monday that the higher fee won't take effect until October 1, the start of Fiscal 2018 for the federal government.

The $80 fee was included in the National Park Service Centennial Act that Congress passed late last year. In the long run the increase in cost is being counted on to greatly help the Park Service address its estimated $12 billion maintenance backlog.

Seniors who don't want to pay $80 could purchase an annual pass for $20; if they then keep four years' worth of $20 receipts they could exchange them for a lifetime pass. 

The National Park Service Centennial Act, drafted by U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, calls for the deposit of up to $10 million generated from all Park Service sales of America The Beautiful - The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes into a Second Century Endowment for the Park Service to be managed by the National Park Foundation. Any revenues above $10 million would be deposited into a Centennial Challenge fund for projects in the parks. However, those dollars would need to be matched by private dollars before they could be spent.

To purchase a pass, go to this page.

Comments

Submitted by K Bishop on March 18, 2017 - 9:00pm.

the pass you have is good for your lifetime. Just don't loose it or you will probably have to pay the $80 to replace


Submitted by nelda mcgovern on March 22, 2017 - 2:44pm.

I Have boughtthe Senior Pass 2 times while on vacation, both times when I have gotten home and some how have no pass, I do have a receipt with the last one with a member number on it, Will that be OK to use and get A DUPLICATE ONE WITH,

 


Submitted by Charles Vandergriff on March 27, 2017 - 7:45pm.

Your pass should still be valid after Oct 1. Also, they do have a disabled pass which is free.


Submitted by John Date on March 28, 2017 - 9:59pm.

No need to renew your pass is for life not to worry youe set for life


Submitted by John Date on March 28, 2017 - 10:01pm.

go to any national park or monument and purchase one there no extra fees just $10


Submitted by bb on April 17, 2017 - 12:37am.

My birthday is Oct. 7th, I have to pay $80 to buy senior pass?


Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on April 17, 2017 - 7:56am.

Yes, unless you're extremely persuasive, BB.


Submitted by Mike Lane on April 25, 2017 - 3:45pm.

if you are disbaled you qualify for the Access Pass no reason to get a Senior Pass.   Access Pass is free.


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