[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3085 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.3085
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and six
An Act
To amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and
suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National
Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land
components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, 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. REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDY OF TRAIL OF
TEARS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.
Section 5(a)(16) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C.
1244(a)(16)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subsections'' and
inserting ``sections''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
``(C) Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall
complete the remaining criteria and submit to Congress a study
regarding the feasibility and suitability of designating, as
additional components of the Trail of Tears National Historic
Trail, the following routes and land components by which the
Cherokee Nation was removed to Oklahoma:
``(i) The Benge and Bell routes.
``(ii) The land components of the designated water
routes in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
``(iii) The routes from the collection forts in
Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the
emigration depots.
``(iv) The related campgrounds located along the routes
and land components described in clauses (i) through (iii).
``(D) No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated
to carry out subparagraph (C). The Secretary may accept
donations for the Trail from private, nonprofit, or tribal
organizations.''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.