[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 642 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 642

 To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark 
                        National Historic Trail.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 18, 2003

   Mr. Bayh 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 extend the Lewis and Clark 
                        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 ``Lewis and Clark National Historic 
Trail Amendments Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the National Trails System--
                    (A) was established in 1968 to--
                            (i) provide additional recreational 
                        opportunities to the people of the United 
                        States; and
                            (ii) preserve access to outdoor areas and 
                        historical resources of the United States; and
                    (B) since 1968, has been modified to--
                            (i) recognize new categories of trails; and
                            (ii) expand trails;
            (2) the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, as 
        designated in 1978, omits several historically significant 
        sites relating to the Lewis and Clark Expedition;
            (3) Meriwether Lewis and William Clark gathered at the 
        Falls of the Ohio, located in Clarksville, Indiana, and 
        Louisville, Kentucky, to plan and prepare for the expedition;
            (4) the Falls of the Ohio was also the site at which--
                    (A) Lewis and Clark selected the first enlisted 
                members of the expedition; and
                    (B) those members were sworn into the Army at a 
                ceremony witnessed by General George Rogers Clark;
            (5) on July 13, 2001, the National Park Service certified 
        the Falls of the Ohio as an official Lewis and Clark site 
        associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail;
            (6) on July 22, 2002, the National Park Service certified 
        historic Locust Grove in Louisville, Kentucky, as an official 
        Lewis and Clark site associated with the Lewis and Clark 
        National Historic Trail;
            (7) the National Council of the Lewis and Clark 
        Bicentennial has designated the Falls of the Ohio as a national 
        signature event site at which to commemorate, during October 
        2003, the bicentennial of events in the area relating to the 
        Lewis and Clark Expedition; and
            (8) the areas in and around Clarksville, Indiana, and 
        Louisville, Kentucky, including the Falls of the Ohio--
                    (A) are the sites of events that were significant 
                to the Lewis and Clark Expedition; and
                    (B) should be recognized and protected as 
                components of the Lewis and Clark National Historic 
                Trail.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.

    Section 5(a)(6) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
1244(a)(6)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(6) The'' and inserting the following:
            ``(6) Lewis and clark national historic trail.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The''; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) (as designated by 
        paragraph (1)) the following:
                    ``(B) Additional route.--In addition to the route 
                described in subparagraph (A), the Lewis and Clark 
                National Historic Trail shall include the route 
                traveled by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from the 
                Falls of the Ohio, located in Clarksville, Indiana, and 
                Louisville, Kentucky, to Wood River, Illinois.''.
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