119-s811

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 811 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 811

 To express findings relating to the recreational trails program, and 
 for other purposes.

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 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

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 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.
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