S. 1376 119th Congress Senate

Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025

Official title: 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.

Introduced: April 9, 2025 Introduced by: Thom Tillis Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversightGeorgiaGovernment studies and investigationsNorth Carolina

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Parks, recreation areas, trailsTennessee

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

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Became law

Oct 27, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 211.

Oct 27, 2025

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.

Oct 21, 2025

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Apr 9, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Apr 9, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now October 27, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 211.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025

This bill requires the Forest Service to study the feasibility of designating the Benton MacKaye Trail as a national scenic trail. The trail traverses approximately 287 miles in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

Hearings & markups 1

Business meeting to consider H.R.4550, to reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, S.1462, to improve forest …
Meeting Oct 21, 2025 · 9:15 AM EDT · Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 2

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

HIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC
for THE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE · Oregon · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

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Cosponsors 4

Blackburn, Marsha

Tennessee · Mar 18, 2026

Ossoff, Jon

Georgia · Sep 3, 2025

Budd, Ted

North Carolina · Apr 9, 2025

Warnock, Raphael G.

Georgia · Apr 9, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1376: Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1376/

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"S. 1376: Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1376/.

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