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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 811 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To express findings relating to the recreational trails program, and for other |
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| 6 | 6 | | purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. K |
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| 10 | 10 | | LOBUCHAR(for herself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BUDD, Mr. CUR- |
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| 11 | 11 | | TIS, and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice |
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| 12 | 12 | | and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To express findings relating to the recreational trails |
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| 15 | 15 | | program, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘RTP Full Funding 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Congress finds that— 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) the recreational trails program under sec-8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tion 206 of title 23, United States Code— 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •S 811 IS |
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| 28 | 28 | | (A) funds development and maintenance of 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | valuable trail infrastructure across the United 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | States; 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) benefits millions of diverse trail users, 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | including users who participate in hiking, bicy-5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | cling, in-line skating, equestrian use, cross- 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | country skiing, snowmobiling, off-road 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | motorcycling, all-terrain vehicle riding, 4-wheel 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | off-highway vehicle driving, and other off-road 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | motorized vehicle use; 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (C)(i) embraces the user-pay-user-benefit 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | model of the Highway Trust Fund; 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (ii) is funded by a Federal tax on fuel used 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | for nonhighway recreation; 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (iii) is funded on an annual basis of ap-15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | proximately $84,000,000; and 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (iv) does not receive the amounts collected 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | from the average annual fuel tax, 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | $281,000,000, that are paid into the Highway 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Trust Fund by nonhighway recreation vehicles; 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (D) contributes significantly to national 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | transportation, economic development, health, 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | public land access and enjoyment, and other na-23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | tional priorities; and 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | •S 811 IS |
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| 55 | 55 | | (E) should be funded at a level commensu-1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | rate with tax contributions from nonhighway 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | vehicle recreation; 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) to ensure that Federal taxes collected from 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | nonhighway recreation are appropriately returned to 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | the States for the recreational trails program de-6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | scribed in paragraph (1), an accurate estimate of the 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | total amount of nonhighway fuel taxes collected— 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (A) is necessary; and 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (B) should be provided to Congress by the 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Federal Highway Administration at least 1 year 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | before the date on which funding for Federal- 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | aid highways, highway safety programs, and 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | transit programs is anticipated to expire; and 14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (3) the recreational trails program under sec-15 |
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| 70 | 70 | | tion 206 of title 23, United States Code, should be 16 |
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| 71 | 71 | | carried out through funding made available under 17 |
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| 72 | 72 | | section 133(h) of that title (commonly known as the 18 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ‘‘Transportation Alternatives program’’) without af-19 |
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| 74 | 74 | | fecting other Federal highway programs. 20 |
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