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119-hr-2768119th Congress

Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]

Passed House

Summary

feasibility study for designating the Benton MacKaye Trail as a National Scenic Trail. This bill would add the Benton MacKaye Trail as a candidate in the National Trails System and require a feasibility study on making it a National Scenic Trail. It defines the trail as about 287 miles of scenic, nonmotorized route through Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to consult interested groups, including the Benton MacKaye Trail Association, and to complete and submit the study to Congress within two years.

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Two-year feasibility study for Benton MacKaye Trail

This bill would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to study whether to make the Benton MacKaye Trail a National Scenic Trail. The trail is a scenic, nonmotorized route of about 287 miles across Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The study would be finished within 2 years of enactment and sent to Congress, after consulting groups such as the Benton MacKaye Trail Association. It would not itself grant the national scenic designation or add new funding.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]

TN • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]

    TN • D

    Sponsored 4/9/2025

  • Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 4/9/2025

  • Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 4/9/2025

Roll Call Votes

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