[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1970 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1970

 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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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2005

 Mr. Coburn (for himself, Mr. Frist, and Mr. Alexander) 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 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 subparagraph:
            ``(C) Not later than one complete fiscal year after the 
        date of the enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary of 
        the Interior shall submit to Congress a study regarding the 
        feasibility and suitability of designating, as additional 
        components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, the 
        Benge and Bell routes, the land components of the designated 
        water routes in Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, the 
        routes from the collection forts in Alabama, Georgia, North 
        Carolina, and Tennessee to the emigration depots, and related 
        campgrounds located along such routes and in such land 
        components, by which the Cherokee Nation was removed to 
        Oklahoma. Upon completion of the study, if the Secretary 
        determines that such routes, land components, and campgrounds 
        are a feasible and suitable addition to the Trail of Tears 
        National Historic Trail, the Secretary shall designate such 
        routes, land components, and campgrounds as components of the 
        Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. The Secretary shall 
        publish notice of the designation in the Federal Register.
            ``(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.''.
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