HR 2768
Passed a chamber
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study whether the 287-mile Benton MacKaye Trail in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina should be designated a national scenic trail, with the study due to Congress within two years of enactment.
Official title: Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
09-APR-2025
Referred
09-APR-2025
Approved by committee
05-MAR-2026
Reported
02-APR-2026
On the calendar
02-APR-2026
Passed
02-JUN-2026
Senate
Received
03-JUN-2026
- Adds the Benton MacKaye Trail to Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act.
- Describes the trail as a scenic, nonmotorized route of about 287 miles through Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
- Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, consulting interested groups including the Benton MacKaye Trail Association, to complete and submit a feasibility study to Congress within 2 years of enactment.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (02-APR-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 02-JUN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
Public Lands and Natural Resources
■ 2 D■ 1 R
2 Democrats
1 Republican