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IB Union Calendar No. 309 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3085 [Report No. 109–549] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 28, 2005 Mr. Wamp (for himself, Mr. Berry, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Boren, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Whitfield, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Ford, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Cole of Oklahoma) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources July 10, 2006 Additional sponsors: Mr. Linder and Mr. Norwood July 10, 2006 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 28, 2005 A BILL 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.

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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 subparagraph: (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). .

July 10, 2006 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed