CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Mike Kennedy (R-UT)

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.

H.R. 3451 · House bill Public Lands and Natural Resources

A Republican bill with 3 Republican cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill proposes an amendment to the National Trails System Act. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study regarding the designation of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. This trail system is described as extending approximately 280 miles from the Idaho-Utah border to Nephi, Utah. The proposed route follows the Bonneville bench created by the historic Lake Bonneville.

Yes· 3 of 5

  • Scored +2

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    The study aims to establish a new trail system within natural landscape settings.

  • Scored +2

    Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests?

    The bill facilitates the formal study and potential designation of public trail systems.

  • Scored +1

    Does this invest in rural communities?

    A long-distance trail system can promote recreation and local economic activity in rural areas.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.