John Curtis (R-UT)
A bill 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.
A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 473.
Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote
A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.
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Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- On Calendar
What this bill would do
This bill proposes an amendment to the National Trails System Act. It directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of designating the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. The trail system is described as extending approximately 280 miles from the Idaho-Utah border to Nephi, Utah. This path follows the Bonneville bench created by the historic Lake Bonneville.
Yes· 3 of 5
- Scored +3
Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests?
Designating the trail would provide a formal framework for managing this public land area.
- Scored +2
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
The study may lead to improved protection and management of the Bonneville shoreline through trail designation.
- Scored +1
Does this invest in rural communities?
The trail system spans a significant distance that could aid regional connectivity.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Feasibility Study of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail: The bill requires a study to determine if the trail system can be designated, which involves a system of trails and potential trails extending approximately 280 miles (Section 1).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts or burdens are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests? — Designating the trail would provide a formal framework for managing this public land area. Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The study may lead to improved protection and management of the Bonneville shoreline through trail designation. Does this invest in rural communities? — The trail system spans a significant distance that could aid regional connectivity.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The trail system may provide recreational and economic benefits to rural areas between the borders and Nephi.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill expands the scope of the National Trails System Act through federal oversight of a new trail.
- 7/23/2026
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 473.
- 3/4/2026
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 12/9/2025
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238.
- 3/26/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Mike LeeRepublican · Utah