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type: "LegalText"
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title: "16 U.S.C. § 583k"
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description: "Findings"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 16
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title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_number: "3"
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chapter_name: "FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT"
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section: "583k"
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citation: "16 U.S.C. § 583k"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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---
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# 16 U.S.C. § 583k - Findings
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## Text
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Congress finds as follows:
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(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, horseback riding, hunting, mountain bicycling, motorized vehicles, and other outdoor activities.
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(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 million, and an additional backlog of $210 million in annual maintenance, capital improvements, and operations.
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(3) The lack of maintenance on National Forest System trails threatens access to public lands, and may cause increased environmental damage, threaten public safety, and increase future maintenance costs.
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(4) Federal budget limitations require solutions to National Forest System trail maintenance issues that make more efficient use of existing resources.
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(5) Volunteers, partners, and outfitters and guides play an important role in maintaining National Forest System trails, and a comprehensive strategy is needed to ensure that volunteers and partners are used as effectively as possible.
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(Pub. L. 114–245, § 2, Nov. 28, 2016, 130 Stat. 990.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Short TitlePub. L. 114–245, § 1(a), Nov. 28, 2016, 130 Stat. 990, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter and amending section 558c of this title] may be cited as the ‘National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act’.”
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