[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1609 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1609

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
   Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the 
    Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail extending through western 
  Massachusetts and central Connecticut as a national historic trail.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 1, 2001

Mr. Kerry (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
   Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the 
    Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail extending through western 
  Massachusetts and central Connecticut as a national historic trail.

    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 ``Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett 
Trail Study Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. METACOMET-MONADNOCK-MATTABESETT TRAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(41) Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett 
        Trail, a system of trails and potential trails extending 
        southward approximately 180 miles from the Metacomet-Monadnock 
        Trail in western Massachusetts, across central Connecticut on 
        the Metacomet Trail and the Mattabesett Trail, and ending at 
        Long Island Sound in the State of Connecticut.
            ``(B) Deadline for study.--Not later than 2 years after the 
        date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of the 
        Interior shall submit to Congress the study required under 
        subparagraph (A).''.
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