[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5156 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5156

 To require a study of the feasibility of establishing the John Lewis 
           Civil Rights Trail System, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2008

  Mr. Clay (for himself and Mr. Wamp) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require a study of the feasibility of establishing the John Lewis 
           Civil Rights Trail System, 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 ``John Lewis Civil Rights Trail System 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    (a) Study.--The Archivist of the United States, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Interior, and with the Secretary of 
Agriculture with respect to lands administered by such Secretary, shall 
conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing the John Lewis Civil 
Rights Trail System, as described in subsection (b), in substantially 
the same manner as studies performed by the Secretary of the Interior 
under section 5(b) of the National Trails System Act (Public Law 109-
418).
    (b) Description of John Lewis Civil Rights Trail System.--For 
purposes of this section, the John Lewis Civil Rights Trail System is a 
system of trails marking the geographic locations in the United States 
(including its territories) of historically significant events related 
to struggles for civil rights based on racial equality, including 
signage or printed materials (or both) that provide information about 
the people and events involved in such struggles and associated with 
such location.

SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall establish and 
maintain individual trails marking the geographic locations of 
historically significant events related to struggles for civil rights 
based on racial equality. The Secretary shall provide for each trail 
signage or printed materials (or both) that provide information about 
the people and events involved in such struggles and associated with 
such locations.
    (b) Location.--The Secretary may establish such a trail in each 
State where a significant civil rights event occurred. The Secretary 
shall establish at least 6 such trails as soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2015.
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