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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION 4
119TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-582
BENTON MACKAYE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL
FEASIBILITY STUDY ACT OF 2026
APRIL 2, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2768]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2768) 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,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an
amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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, Ten-
nessee, 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 com-
plete and submit to Congress the feasibility study for designating the Ben-
ton MacKaye Trail as a national scenic trail..
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 2768 is to amend the National Trails System
Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the
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