[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 1286 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1286

  To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-
        Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2007

 Mr. Hinchey (for himself, Mr. Castle, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. 
  Moran of Virginia, Mr. Oberstar, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Serrano, and Mr. 
   Snyder) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-
        Rochambeau Revolutionary Route 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 ``Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary 
Route National Historic Trail Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS.

    Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(26) Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic 
Trail.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary 
        Route National Historic Trail, a corridor of approximately 600 
        miles following the route taken by the armies of General George 
        Washington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, Rhode Island, 
        and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 1782, as generally depicted 
        on the map entitled `WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVOLUTIONARY ROUTE 
        NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL', numbered T01/80,000, and dated July 
        2006.
            ``(B) Map.--The map referred to in subparagraph (A) shall 
        be on file and available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
            ``(C) Administration.--The trail shall be administered by 
        the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with--
                    ``(i) other Federal, State, tribal, regional, and 
                local agencies; and
                    ``(ii) the private sector.
            ``(D) Land acquisition.--The United States shall not 
        acquire for the trail any land or interest in land outside the 
        exterior boundary of any federally-managed area without the 
        consent of the owner of the land or interest in land.''.
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