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H. Rept. 114-770 1 (2016-09-20)

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                      114TH CONGRESS }REPT. 114-770
                          2d Session      HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 Part 1







                        NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM TRAILS STEWARDSHIP ACT



                        SEPTEMBER 20, 2016.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
                                        State of the Union and ordered to be printed



                               Mr. CONAWAY, from the Committee on Agriculture,
                                              submitted the following


                                                 REPORT

                                                 [To accompany H.R. 845]

                                 [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                        The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill
                      (H.R. 845) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish in the
                      Federal Register a strategy to significantly increase the role of vol-
                      unteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance,
                      and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favor-
                      ably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as
                      amended do pass.
                        The amendment is as follows:
                        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

                      SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
                        (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the National Forest System Trails
                      Stewardship Act.
                        (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
                      Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
                      Sec. 2. Findings.
                      Sec. 3. Definitions.
                      Sec. 4. National forest system trails volunteer and partnership strategy.
                      Sec. 5. Priority trail maintenance program.
                      Sec. 6. Cooperative agreements.
                      Sec. 7. Stewardship credits for outfitters and guides.
                      SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
                        Congress finds as follows:
                            (1) The National Forest System features a world-class trail system with over
                          157,000 miles of trails that provide world-class opportunities for hiking, horse-
                          back riding, hunting, mountain bicycling, motorized vehicles, and other outdoor
                          activities.
                            (2) According to the Government Accountability Office, the Forest Service is
                          only able to maintain about one-quarter of National Forest System trails to the
                          agency standard, and the agency faces a trail maintenance backlog of
                          $314,000,000, and an additional backlog of $210,000,000 in annual mainte-
                          nance, capital improvements, and operations.
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