[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 685 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 685

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2009

  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 United States 
           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 ``United States Civil Rights Trail 
System Act of 2009''.

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 United States 
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 United States Civil Rights Trail System.--For 
purposes of this section, the United States 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 and Timing.--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 2010 through 2016.
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