S 1135 Advanced toward a vote

Adds the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, a roughly 280-mile trail system from the Idaho-Utah border to Nephi, Utah, to the National Trails System Act's list of trails eligible for study, and requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct that study.

Official title: A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 26-MAR-2025

Referred 26-MAR-2025

Approved by committee 04-MAR-2026

Reported 23-JUL-2026

On the calendar 23-JUL-2026

Key points

Amends Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act to add the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
Describes the trail as about 280 miles long, running from the Idaho-Utah border to Nephi, Utah, along the Bonneville bench left by ancient Lake Bonneville.
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct the feasibility study, although the bill's official title refers to the Secretary of the Interior.

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Committee referrals (2)

Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor John R. Curtis (R-UT) Cosponsors · 1

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1 Republican

Mike Lee

congress.gov page Reported to Senate (23-JUL-2026) Introduced in Senate (26-MAR-2025)