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House Bill 2768
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026
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H. R. 2768 (Reported-in-House)

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.

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]

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