[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 2768 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 502
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2768

                          [Report No. 119-582]

  To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the 
            Benton MacKaye Trail as a national scenic trail.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2025

Mr. Fleischmann (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Edwards, and Mrs. McBath) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

                             April 2, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                                9, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the 
            Benton MacKaye Trail as a national scenic trail.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail 
Feasibility Study Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. BENTON MACKAYE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(50) Benton mackaye trail.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Benton MacKaye Trail, a 
                scenic, nonmotorized trail that traverses approximately 
                287 miles in the States of Georgia, Tennessee, and 
                North Carolina.
                    ``(B) Study.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
                of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of 
                Agriculture, in consultation with interested 
                organizations, including the Benton MacKaye Trail 
                Association, shall complete and submit to Congress the 
                feasibility study for designating the Benton MacKaye 
                Trail as a national scenic trail.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 502

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2768

                          [Report No. 119-582]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the 
            Benton MacKaye Trail as a national scenic trail.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 2, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed