[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1435 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1435

 To amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority 
 relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of 
           the trails in the System, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2009

   Mr. Coffman of Colorado 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 clarify Federal authority 
 relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of 
           the trails in the 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 ``National Trails System Willing 
Seller Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LAND FROM WILLING SELLERS FOR CERTAIN 
              TRAILS.

    (a) Oregon National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(3) of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(3)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside the 
exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired 
by the Federal Government for the trail except with the consent of the 
owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal 
Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited 
to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of the 
trail.''.
    (b) Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(4) of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(4)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside the 
exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired 
by the Federal Government for the trail except with the consent of the 
owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal 
Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited 
to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of the 
trail.''.
    (c) Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(5) of 
the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(5)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside 
the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be 
acquired by the Federal Government for the trail except with the 
consent of the owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of 
the Federal Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall 
be limited to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of 
the trail.''.
    (d) Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(6) of 
the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(6)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside 
the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be 
acquired by the Federal Government for the trail except with the 
consent of the owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of 
the Federal Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall 
be limited to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of 
the trail.''.
    (e) Iditarod National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(7) of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(7)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside the 
exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired 
by the Federal Government for the trail except with the consent of the 
owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal 
Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited 
to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of the 
trail.''.
    (f) North Country National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(8) of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(8)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside the 
exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired 
by the Federal Government for the trail except with the consent of the 
owner of the land or interest in land.''.
    (g) Ice Age National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(10) of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(10)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land outside the 
exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired 
by the Federal Government for the trail except with the consent of the 
owner of the land or interest in land.''.
    (h) Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(11) of 
the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(11)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the fourth and fifth sentences; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``No land or 
        interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any 
        federally administered area may be acquired by the Federal 
        Government for the trail except with the consent of the owner 
        of the land or interest in land.''.
    (i) Nez Perce National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(14) of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(14)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the fourth and fifth sentences; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``No land or 
        interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any 
        federally administered area may be acquired by the Federal 
        Government for the trail except with the consent of the owner 
        of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal 
        Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be 
        limited to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either 
        side of the trail.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 10 of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1249) is 
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        Act, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
        necessary to implement the provisions of this Act relating to 
        the trails designated by section 5(a).
            ``(2) Natchez trace national scenic trail.--
                    ``(A) In general.--With respect to the Natchez 
                Trace National Scenic Trail (referred to in this 
                paragraph as the `trail') designated by section 
                5(a)(12)--
                            ``(i) not more than $500,000 shall be 
                        appropriated for the acquisition of land or 
                        interests in land for the trail; and
                            ``(ii) not more than $2,000,000 shall be 
                        appropriated for the development of the trail.
                    ``(B) Participation by volunteer trail groups.--The 
                administering agency for the trail shall encourage 
                volunteer trail groups to participate in the 
                development of the trail.''.
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