[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3513 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3513

 To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail to include additional sites associated with the 
  preparation or return phase of the Lewis Clark expedition, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 2006

  Mr. Bunning 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 to include additional sites associated with the 
  preparation or return phase of the Lewis Clark expedition, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lewis and Clark National Historic 
Trail Extension Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF 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) The lewis and clark national historic trail.--'';
            (2) in the first sentence, by striking ``The'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(A) Description of trail.--The'';
            (3) in the second sentence, by striking ``The'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Map.--The'';
            (4) in the third sentence, by striking ``The'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Administration.--The''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Extension of trail.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In addition to the route 
                        described in subparagraph (A), the Lewis and 
                        Clark National Historic Trail shall be extended 
                        to include the route followed by Meriwether 
                        Lewis and William Clark, whether independently 
                        or together, in--
                                    ``(I) the preparation phase of the 
                                expedition, starting at Monticello, 
                                located near Charlottesville, Virginia, 
                                and traveling to Wood River, Illinois; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) the return phase of the 
                                expedition, starting from Saint Louis, 
                                Missouri, to Washington, D.C.
                            ``(ii) Inclusion of designated sites.--The 
                        extended route shall include each designated 
                        Lewis and Clark site located in--
                                    ``(I) the State of Virginia;
                                    ``(II) the District of Columbia;
                                    ``(III) the State of Maryland;
                                    ``(IV) the State of Delaware;
                                    ``(V) the State of Pennsylvania;
                                    ``(VI) the State of West Virginia;
                                    ``(VII) the State of Ohio;
                                    ``(VIII) the State of Kentucky;
                                    ``(IX) the State of Tennessee;
                                    ``(X) the State of Indiana; and
                                    ``(XI) the State of Illinois.
                            ``(iii) Study.--Not later than 1 year after 
                        the date on which funds are first made 
                        available to conduct a suitability and 
                        feasibility study, the Secretary of the 
                        Interior shall complete those studies to 
                        include the extended route.''.
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