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S. 3720119th Congress
Official title: Bay Area Ridge National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act
Introduced:
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The bill requires a one-year federal study on whether the Bay Area Ridge Trail should become a National Scenic Trail.
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This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to study whether the roughly 550-mile Bay Area Ridge Trail should become an official National Scenic Trail. It amends the National Trails System Act to require a feasibility study within one year of enactment. The trail is currently about 415 miles complete, with 140 miles remaining to finish the loop.
The bill affects San Francisco Bay Area residents who use or live near the trail, plus local and state park agencies, conservation groups, and hikers, bikers, and equestrians who use it.
The study alone does not create the national trail or provide funding; it only starts a formal review process. If designation eventually occurs, it could lead to increased federal involvement in the trail's completion and management.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.