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[H.R. 1528 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 814
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1528

                          [Report No. 110-382]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2008

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                             June 16, 2008

              Reported by Mr. Bingaman, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the New England 
             National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``New England National Scenic 
Trail Designation Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(</DELETED>__<DELETED>) New england national 
        scenic trail.--The New England National Scenic Trail, a 
        continuous trail extending approximately 220 miles from the 
        border of New Hampshire in the town of Royalston, Massachusetts 
        to Long Island Sound in the town of Guilford, Connecticut, as 
        generally depicted on the map titled `New England National 
        Scenic Trail Proposed Route', numbered T06-80,000, and dated 
        October 2007. The map shall be on file and available for public 
        inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
        Service. The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with 
        Federal, State, tribal, regional, and local agencies, the 
        Appalachian Mountain Club, the Connecticut Forest and Park 
        Association, and other organizations, shall administer the 
        trail consistent with the recommendations of the draft report 
        titled the `Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesset Trail System 
        National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental 
        Assessment', prepared by the National Park Service, and dated 
        Spring 2006. The United States shall not acquire for the trail 
        any land or interest in land without the consent of the 
        owner.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter 
in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall use the Trail 
Management Blueprint described in the draft report titled the 
``Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett Trail System National Scenic Trail 
Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment'', prepared by the 
National Park Service, and dated Spring 2006, as the framework for 
management and administration of the New England National Scenic Trail. 
Additional or more detailed plans for administration, management, 
protection, access, maintenance, or development of the trail may be 
developed consistent with the Trail Management Blueprint, and as 
approved by the Secretary.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Application of Certain State and Local Laws.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), all designated and future designated 
lands within the New England National Scenic Trail, including all 
Federal lands, shall be exclusively governed by relevant State and 
local laws regarding hunting, fishing, and the possession or use of a 
weapon (including concealed weapons), trap, or net.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative 
agreements with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (and its political 
subdivisions), the State of Connecticut (and its political 
subdivisions), the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Connecticut Forest 
and Park Association, and other regional, local, and private 
organizations deemed necessary and desirable to accomplish cooperative 
trail administrative, management, and protection objectives consistent 
with the Trail Management Blueprint. An agreement under this section 
may include provisions for limited financial assistance to encourage 
participation in the planning, acquisition, protection, operation, 
development, or maintenance of the trail.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TRAIL SEGMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Pursuant to section 6 of the National Trails System Act, 
the Secretary is encouraged to work with the State of New Hampshire and 
appropriate local and private organizations to include that portion of 
the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail in New Hampshire (which lies between 
Royalston, Massachusetts and Jaffrey, New Hampshire) as a component of 
the New England National Scenic Trail. Inclusion of this segment, as 
well as other potential side or connecting trails, is contingent upon 
written application to the Secretary by appropriate State and local 
jurisdictions and a finding by the Secretary that trail management and 
administration is consistent with the Trail Management 
Blueprint.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``New England National Scenic Trail 
Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(27) New england national scenic trail.--The New England 
        National Scenic Trail, a continuous trail extending 
        approximately 220 miles from the border of New Hampshire in the 
        town of Royalston, Massachusetts to Long Island Sound in the 
        town of Guilford, Connecticut, as generally depicted on the map 
        titled `New England National Scenic Trail Proposed Route', 
        numbered T06/80,000, and dated October 2007. The map shall be 
        on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
        offices of the National Park Service. The Secretary of the 
        Interior, in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, 
        tribal, regional, and local agencies, and other organizations, 
        shall administer the trail after considering the 
        recommendations of the report titled the `Metacomet Monadnock 
        Mattabesset Trail System National Scenic Trail Feasibility 
        Study and Environmental Assessment', prepared by the National 
        Park Service, and dated Spring 2006. The United States shall 
        not acquire for the trail any land or interest in land without 
        the consent of the owner.''.

SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT.

    The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act referred to as 
the ``Secretary'') shall consider the actions outlined in the Trail 
Management Blueprint described in the report titled the ``Metacomet 
Monadnock Mattabesett Trail System National Scenic Trail Feasibility 
Study and Environmental Assessment'', prepared by the National Park 
Service, and dated Spring 2006, as the framework for management and 
administration of the New England National Scenic Trail. Additional or 
more detailed plans for administration, management, protection, access, 
maintenance, or development of the trail may be developed consistent 
with the Trail Management Blueprint, and as approved by the Secretary.

SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

    The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements 
with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (and its political 
subdivisions), the State of Connecticut (and its political 
subdivisions), and other regional, local, and private organizations 
deemed necessary and desirable to accomplish cooperative trail 
administrative, management, and protection objectives consistent with 
the Trail Management Blueprint. An agreement under this section may 
include provisions for limited financial assistance to encourage 
participation in the planning, acquisition, protection, operation, 
development, or maintenance of the trail.

SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TRAIL SEGMENTS.

    Pursuant to section 6 of the National Trails System Act, the 
Secretary is encouraged to work with the State of New Hampshire and 
appropriate local and private organizations to include that portion of 
the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail in New Hampshire (which lies between 
Royalston, Massachusetts and Jaffrey, New Hampshire) as a component of 
the New England National Scenic Trail. Inclusion of this segment, as 
well as other potential side or connecting trails, is contingent upon 
written application to the Secretary by appropriate State and local 
jurisdictions and a finding by the Secretary that trail management and 
administration is consistent with the Trail Management Blueprint.
                                                       Calendar No. 814

110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1528

                          [Report No. 110-382]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the New England 
             National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 16, 2008

                       Reported with an amendment