[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5417 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5417

 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the route of the 
Mississippi River from its headwaters in the State of Minnesota to the 
Gulf of Mexico for study for potential addition to the National Trails 
 System as a national scenic trail, national historic trail, or both, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2002

  Ms. McCollum (for herself, Mr. Berry, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. 
Luther, Mr. Kind, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Ford, Mr. Shows, and Mr. Thompson of 
 Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the route of the 
Mississippi River from its headwaters in the State of Minnesota to the 
Gulf of Mexico for study for potential addition to the National Trails 
 System as a national scenic trail, national historic trail, or both, 
                        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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mississippi River Trail Study Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ROUTE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR STUDY FOR 
              POTENTIAL ADDITION TO THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM.

    (a) Designation.--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:
    ``(____) Mississippi River Trail.--The route of the Mississippi 
River from its headwaters in the State of Minnesota to the Gulf of 
Mexico.''.
    (b) Relation to Other Studies.--The study required by the amendment 
made by this section is intended to compliment, and not duplicate, 
other studies of the scenic or historical importance of the Mississippi 
River that may be underway or undertaken.
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