[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3094 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3094

 To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for a study of the 
 Long Path Trail, a system of trails and potential trails running from 
  Fort Lee, New Jersey, to the Adirondacks in New York, to determine 
 whether to add the trail to the National Trails System, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2008

   Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. 
   Schumer) 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 a study of the 
 Long Path Trail, a system of trails and potential trails running from 
  Fort Lee, New Jersey, to the Adirondacks in New York, to determine 
 whether to add the trail to the National Trails 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 ``Long Path Trail Study Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF LONG PATH TRAIL FOR STUDY FOR POTENTIAL ADDITION 
              TO THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM.

    (a) Designation.--Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(44) Long Path Trail.--The Long Path Trail, a system of 350 miles 
of trails and potential trails running from Fort Lee, New Jersey, to 
the Adirondack Mountains in the State of New York.''.
    (b) Expedited Report to Congress.--Notwithstanding the fourth 
sentence of section 5(b) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
1244(b)), the Secretary of the Interior shall, not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress the study 
required under paragraph (44) of section 5(c) of the National Trails 
System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) (as added by subsection (a)).
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