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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5583 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5583

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 18 (legislative day, December 16), 2024

    Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Budd) 
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 2024''.

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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