[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2909 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2909

To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the study of the 
                         Western States Trail.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 2008

 Mrs. Boxer (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) 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 provide for the study of the 
                         Western States 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 ``Western States Trail Study Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. WESTERN STATES TRAIL STUDY.

    Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (42) and (41) as paragraphs 
        (41) and (42), respectively; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(44) Western states trail.--The Western States Trail, a 
        trail of approximately 100 miles from Squaw Valley to Auburn, 
        California (including the Tevis Cup Loop)--
                    ``(A) as displayed on the maps maintained in the 
                office of the American River District Ranger, Tahoe 
                National Forest;
                    ``(B) as described in the journal of Professor 
                William Brewer for August 30, 1863; and
                    ``(C) along which are conducted--
                            ``(i) the Western States Trail Ride; and
                            ``(ii) the Western States Endurance Run.''.
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