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To express findings relating to the recreational trails program, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill expresses congressional findings about the Recreational Trails Program (RTP), which currently receives approximately $84 million annually for trail development and maintenance used by hikers, cyclists, equestrians, snowmobilers, and off-road vehicle users. The bill notes that nonhighway recreation vehicles pay approximately $281 million annually in fuel taxes to the Highway Trust Fund, but the RTP does not receive the full amount of those taxes. It directs the Federal Highway Administration to provide Congress with an accurate estimate of total nonhighway fuel taxes collected at least one year before federal highway funding expires. The bill expresses that the RTP should be funded at a level reflecting the tax contributions from nonhighway recreational vehicles and be carried out through the Transportation Alternatives program.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
6 cosponsors
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT)
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID)
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
Actions (2)
- Feb 27, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
- Feb 27, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2025
Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Welch, Mr. Budd, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To express findings relating to the recreational trails program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “RTP Full Funding Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the recreational trails program under section 206 of title 23, United States Code—
(A) funds development and maintenance of valuable trail infrastructure across the United States;
(B) benefits millions of diverse trail users, including users who participate in hiking, bicycling, in-line skating, equestrian use, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, off-road motorcycling, all-terrain vehicle riding, 4-wheel off-highway vehicle driving, and other off-road motorized vehicle use;
(C)(i) embraces the user-pay-user-benefit model of the Highway Trust Fund;
(ii) is funded by a Federal tax on fuel used for nonhighway recreation;
(iii) is funded on an annual basis of approximately $84,000,000; and
(iv) does not receive the amounts collected from the average annual fuel tax, $281,000,000, that are paid into the Highway Trust Fund by nonhighway recreation vehicles;
(D) contributes significantly to national transportation, economic development, health, public land access and enjoyment, and other national priorities; and
(E) should be funded at a level commensurate with tax contributions from nonhighway vehicle recreation;
(2) to ensure that Federal taxes collected from nonhighway recreation are appropriately returned to the States for the recreational trails program described in paragraph (1), an accurate estimate of the total amount of nonhighway fuel taxes collected—
(A) is necessary; and
(B) should be provided to Congress by the Federal Highway Administration at least 1 year before the date on which funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs is anticipated to expire; and
(3) the recreational trails program under section 206 of title 23, United States Code, should be carried out through funding made available under section 133(h) of that title (commonly known as the “Transportation Alternatives program”) without affecting other Federal highway programs. <all>
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