Loading bill breakdown…
H.R. 2768119th CongressPublic Lands and Natural Resources
Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN) · 3 active : 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 426.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJun 2, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govBenton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to study the feasibility of designating the Benton MacKaye Trail (located in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina) as a national scenic trail.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Georgia
- Government studies and investigations
- North Carolina
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Tennessee
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
3 activeShow all 3 cosponsors
- Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11)
- Lucy McBath (D-GA-6)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN-9)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
