I 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6366 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 29, 2010 Mr. Moran of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the routes of the Shawnee Cattle Trail, the oldest of the major Texas Cattle Trails, for study for potential addition to the National Trails System, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Shawnee Cattle Trail Study Act.

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Designation of trail for study

Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (__)

Shawnee cattle trail

The Shawnee Cattle Trail, consisting of three main branches, East, Middle, and West, and several smaller connecting trails extending from Texas to Missouri, and later Kansas, which is considered the oldest of the major Texas Cattle Trails, used from the 1840s until 1872. .

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Private property protections

(a)

Alternatives To Protect Private Property

In conducting the study required by the amendment made by section 2, the Secretary shall not consider any alternative that would— (1)require any private property owner to allow public access (including Federal, State, or local government access) to such private property; (2)modify any provision of Federal, State, or local law with regard to public access to or use of private property; (3)create any liability, or have any effect on any liability under any other law, of any private property owner with respect to any persons injured on such private property; (4)modify the authority of Federal, State, or local governments to regulate land use; (5)require the owner of any private property to participate in or be associated with any addition to the National Parks System; (6)result in the reduction in value of property held by a private property owner; or (7)require or allow the Federal Government to acquire lands, or interests therein, outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area, except with the consent of the owner thereof. (b)

Impacts on Private Property

The study shall include an analysis and documentation regarding whether each alternative proposed has potential or actual impact on private property located within or abutting the trail area.

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Private property owner notification

Not less than 30 days before the Secretary of the Interior begins the study required by the amendment made by section 2, the Secretary shall notify all private property owners whose land will be studied that the study will be conducted.