H.R. 2768 · 119th Congress

Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026

Introduced Apr 9, 2025Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced (done)
  2. Committee (done)
  3. Passed House (current)
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 426.

Summary

Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to study the feasibility of designating the Benton MacKaye Trail (located in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina) as a national scenic trail.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 426.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3749-3750)

  4. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2768.

  5. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3749-3751)

  6. House

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  7. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 502.

  8. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-582.

  9. House

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

  10. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  11. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  12. Introduced in House