[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 531 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 531


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 1995

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
To designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under the 
          National Trails System Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. POTENTIAL ADDITION OF GREAT WESTERN SCENIC TRAIL TO NATIONAL 
              TRAIL SYSTEM GREAT WESTERN TRAIL.

    Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(38) The Great Western Scenic Trail, a system of trails to 
accommodate a variety of travel users in a corridor of approximately 
3,100 miles in length extending from the Arizona-Mexico border to the 
Idaho-Montana-Canada border, following the approximate route depicted 
on the map identified as `Great Western Trail Corridor, 1988', which 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service, United States Department of 
Agriculture. The trail study shall be conducted by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, in 
accordance with subsection (b) and shall include--
            ``(A) the current status of land ownership and current and 
        potential use along the designated route;
            ``(B) the estimated cost of acquisition of lands or 
        interests in lands, if any; and
            ``(C) an examination of the appropriateness of motorized 
        trial use along the trail.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 14, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.