Editing National Park Service (section)

===Cashless===
In an effort to save on cash processing and hand handling fees, 22 national parks have gone [[cashless]] as of 2023. In September 2023, US Senator [[Cynthia Lummis]] (R-WY) proposed the "[[Protecting Access to Recreation with Cash Act]]" (PARC) which would require national parks to accept cash as a form of payment for entrance fee.<ref name="Lummis">{{cite web |title=Lummis Introduces Bill to Require National Parks to Accept Cash » Senator Cynthia Lummis |url=https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-introduces-bill-to-require-national-parks-to-accept-cash/ |website=Senator Cynthia Lummis |access-date=23 March 2024 |date=September 21, 2023}}</ref> In April 2024, several NPS visitors sued seeking to restore cash as a payment form noting how [[cash]] is [[legal tender]] suitable "for all public charges" and that the "additional [[processing fee]]s that will be borne by NPS and by visitors who ultimately fund the federal government through taxes, in addition to personal [[Surcharge (payment systems)|surcharge]]s and [[bank fee]]s visitors may incur under NPS cashless policy."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hauser |first1=Christine |title=U.S. Park Service Says to Leave Your Cash at Home, but Some Object |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/us/cashless-national-parks-lawsuit.html |access-date=23 March 2024 |publisher=The New York Times |date=March 21, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Summer |title=The National Park Service will only take plastic at its parks. Three visitors are suing to use cash |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-20/the-national-park-service-will-only-take-plastic-at-its-parks-three-visitors-are-suing-to-use-cash |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=20 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Golder |first1=Dave |title=Irate visitors sue National Park Service over cashless entrance fees |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/irate-visitors-sue-national-park-110246811.html |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=Yahoo Life |date=18 March 2024}}</ref>