[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5980 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5980

  To amend the National Trails System Act to revise the route of the 
   North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota to 
include existing hiking trails along Lake Superior's north shore and in 
 Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2012

 Mr. Peterson 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 revise the route of the 
   North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota to 
include existing hiking trails along Lake Superior's north shore and in 
 Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest, 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. ROUTE REVISION.

    Section 5(a)(8) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
1244(a)(8)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``thirty-two hundred miles'' and inserting 
        ``4,600 miles''; and
            (2) by striking ```Proposed North Country Trail Report', 
        dated June 1975.'' and inserting ```North Country National 
        Scenic Trail, Authorized Route', dated February 16, 2005, and 
        numbered 649/80,002.''.
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