# § 583k. 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, horseback 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 million, and an additional backlog of $210 million in annual maintenance, capital improvements, and operations.
**(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.
**(4)** Federal budget limitations require solutions to National Forest System trail maintenance issues that make more efficient use of existing resources.
**(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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–245, § 2, Nov. 28, 2016, 130 Stat. 990.)
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Short Title
> “This Act [enacting this subchapter and amending
>
> ] may be cited as the ‘National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act’.”
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