1.Revision of feasibility and
suitability studies of existing national historic trailsSection 5 of the National Trails System Act
(16 U.S.C. 1244) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(g)Revision of
Feasibility and Suitability Studies of Existing National Historic
Trails
(1)In
this subsection:
(A)The
term route includes a trail segment commonly known as a
cutoff.
(B)The term shared route means a route that was a
segment of more than one historic trail, including a route shared with an
existing national historic trail.
(2)Requirements
for revision
(A)The Secretary of the Interior shall revise the
feasibility and suitability studies for certain national trails for
consideration of possible additions to the trails.
(B)Study
requirements and objectivesThe study requirements and objectives
specified in subsection (b) shall apply to a study required by this
subsection.
(C)Completion and
submission of studyA study listed in this subsection shall be
completed and submitted to Congress not later than 3 complete fiscal years from
the date funds are made available for the study.
(3)Oregon National
Historic Trail
(A)The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a study of
the routes of the Oregon Trail listed in subparagraph (B) and generally
depicted on the map entitled Western Emigrant Trails 1830/1870
and dated 1991/1993, and of such other routes of the Oregon Trail that the
Secretary considers appropriate, to determine the feasibility and suitability
of designation of one or more of the routes as components of the Oregon
National Historic Trail.
(B)The routes to be studied under subparagraph (A) shall
include the following:
(i)Whitman Mission
route.
(ii)Upper Columbia
River.
(iii)Cowlitz River
route.
(iv)Meek
cutoff.
(v)Free Emigrant
Road.
(vi)North Alternate
Oregon Trail.
(vii)Goodale’s
cutoff.
(viii)North Side
alternate route.
(ix)Cutoff to Barlow
road.
(x)Naches Pass
Trail.
(4)Pony Express
National Historic TrailThe Secretary of the Interior shall
undertake a study of the approximately 20-mile southern alternative route of
the Pony Express Trail from Wathena, Kansas, to Troy, Kansas, and such other
routes of the Pony Express Trail that the Secretary considers appropriate, to
determine the feasibility and suitability of designation of one or more of the
routes as components of the Pony Express National Historic Trail.
(5)California
National Historic Trail
(A)The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a study of
the Missouri Valley, central, and western routes of the California Trail listed
in subparagraph (B) and generally depicted on the map entitled Western
Emigrant Trails 1830/1870
and dated 1991/1993, and of such other and
shared Missouri Valley, central, and western routes that the Secretary
considers appropriate, to determine the feasibility and suitability of
designation of one or more of the routes as components of the California
National Historic Trail.
(B)The routes to be studied under subparagraph (A) shall
include the following:
(i)
(I)Blue
Mills—Independence Road.
(II)Westport Landing
Road.
(III)Westport—Lawrence
Road.
(IV)Fort
Leavenworth—Blue River route.
(V)Road to
Amazonia.
(VI)Union Ferry
Route.
(VII)Old
Wyoming—Nebraska City cutoff.
(VIII)Lower
Plattsmouth Route.
(IX)Lower Bellevue
Route.
(X)Woodbury
cutoff.
(XI)Blue Ridge
cutoff.
(XII)Westport
Road.
(XIII)Gum
Springs—Fort Leavenworth route.
(XIV)Atchison/Independence
Creek routes.
(XV)Fort
Leavenworth—Kansas River route.
(XVI)Nebraska City
cutoff routes.
(XVII)Minersville—Nebraska
City Road.
(XVIII)Upper
Plattsmouth route.
(XIX)Upper Bellevue
route.
(ii)
(I)Cherokee Trail,
including splits.
(II)Weber Canyon
route of Hastings cutoff.
(III)Bishop Creek
cutoff.
(IV)McAuley
cutoff.
(V)Diamond Springs
cutoff.
(VI)Secret
Pass.
(VII)Greenhorn
cutoff.
(VIII)Central
Overland Trail.
(iii)
(I)Bidwell—Bartleson
route.
(II)Georgetown/Dagget
Pass Trail.
(III)Big Trees
Road.
(IV)Grizzly Flat
cutoff.
(V)Nevada City
Road.
(VI)Yreka
Trail.
(VII)Henness Pass
route.
(VIII)Johnson
cutoff.
(IX)Luther Pass
Trail.
(X)Volcano
Road.
(XI)Sacramento—Coloma
Wagon Road.
(XII)Burnett
cutoff.
(XIII)Placer County
Road to Auburn.
(6)Mormon Pioneer
National Historic Trail
(A)The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a study of
the routes of the Mormon Pioneer Trail listed in subparagraph (B) and generally
depicted in the map entitled Western Emigrant Trails 1830/1870
and dated 1991/1993, and of such other routes of the Mormon Pioneer Trail that
the Secretary considers appropriate, to determine the feasibility and
suitability of designation of one or more of the routes as components of the
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail.
(B)The routes to be studied under subparagraph (A) shall
include the following:
(i)1846 Subsequent
routes A and B (Lucas and Clarke Counties, Iowa).
(ii)1856–57 Handcart
route (Iowa City to Council Bluffs).
(iii)Keokuk route
(Iowa).
(iv)1847 Alternative
Elkhorn and Loup River Crossings in Nebraska.
(v)Fort Leavenworth
Road; Ox Bow route and alternates in Kansas and Missouri (Oregon and California
Trail routes used by Mormon emigrants).
(vi)1850 Golden Pass
Road in Utah.
(7)Shared
California and Oregon Trail routes
(A)The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a study of
the shared routes of the California Trail and Oregon Trail listed in
subparagraph (B) and generally depicted on the map entitled Western
Emigrant Trails 1830/1870
and dated 1991/1993, and of such other shared
routes that the Secretary considers appropriate, to determine the feasibility
and suitability of designation of one or more of the routes as shared
components of the California National Historic Trail and the Oregon National
Historic Trail.
(B)The routes to be studied under subparagraph (A) shall
include the following:
(i)St. Joe
Road.
(ii)Council Bluffs
Road.
(iii)Sublette
cutoff.
(iv)Applegate
route.
(v)Old Fort Kearny
Road (Oxbow Trail).
(vi)Childs
cutoff.
(vii)Raft River to
Applegate.
.