[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 588 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 588

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study on 
 the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic 
                  trail or a national historic trail.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 10, 2005

  Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Kyl) 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 direct the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study on 
 the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic 
                  trail or a 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 ``Arizona Trail Feasibility Study 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ARIZONA TRAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (42) (as added by section 3 
        of Public Law 107-214) and (41) (as added by section 2 of 
        Public Law 107-338) as paragraphs (41) and (42), respectively; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(43) Arizona trail.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Arizona Trail, extending 
                approximately 790 miles through Arizona from the border 
                between Arizona and Utah to the international border 
                with Mexico, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
                `The Arizona Trail-DRAFT' and dated March 22, 2004, and 
                that consists of a corridor of open space that--
                            ``(i) includes 7 ecological zones;
                            ``(ii) features deserts, canyons, 
                        mountains, lakes, and rivers; and
                            ``(iii) connects 6 wilderness areas, 4 
                        national forests, 2 national parks, and 30 
                        outdoor recreational areas.
                    ``(B) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Interior 
                and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly conduct 
                the study under subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Availability of map.--The map described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for 
                public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
                Bureau of Land Management.
                    ``(D) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out the study 
                under subparagraph (A) $200,000 for the period of 
                fiscal years 2006 through 2008, of which--
                            ``(i) $100,000 shall be made available to 
                        the Secretary of Agriculture; and
                            ``(ii) $100,000 shall be made available to 
                        the Secretary of the Interior.''.
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