Bill > S811

This bill, known as the RTP Full Funding Act of 2025, addresses the Recreational Trails Program (RTP), a federal program that supports trail infrastructure across the United States. The bill highlights the RTP's significance by noting its broad benefits to diverse trail users, including hikers, cyclists, equestrians, skiers, snowmobilers, and off-road vehicle enthusiasts. It points out that while the program currently receives approximately $84 million annually, it is funded by a federal fuel tax that actually generates around $281 million from non-highway recreational vehicles. The bill calls for the RTP to be funded at a level more proportionate to the tax contributions from recreational vehicle users and recommends that the Federal Highway Administration provide Congress with an accurate estimate of non-highway fuel tax collections at least one year before federal transportation program funding is set to expire. Furthermore, the bill suggests implementing the RTP through the Transportation Alternatives program without negatively impacting other federal highway programs, emphasizing the program's importance to national transportation, economic development, public health, and land access priorities.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/811/all-info