[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5086 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5086


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 10, 2014

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief 
     Standing Bear National Historic Trail, 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. CHIEF STANDING BEAR NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL FEASIBILITY 
              STUDY.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(__) Chief standing bear national historic trail.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Chief Standing Bear Trail, 
                extending approximately 550 miles from Niobrara, 
                Nebraska, to Ponca City, Oklahoma, which follows the 
                route taken by Chief Standing Bear and the Ponca people 
                during Federal Indian removal, and approximately 550 
                miles from Ponca City, Oklahoma, through Omaha, 
                Nebraska, to Niobrara, Nebraska, which follows the 
                return route taken by Chief Standing Bear and the Ponca 
                people, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
                `Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail 
                Feasibility Study', numbered 903/125,630, and dated 
                November 2014.
                    ``(B) Availability of map.--The map described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for 
                public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
                Department of the Interior.
                    ``(C) Components.--The feasibility study conducted 
                pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall include a 
                determination on whether the Chief Standing Bear Trail 
                meets the criteria in subsection (b) for designation as 
                a national historic trail.''.
    (b) Timeline.--The feasibility study authorized by the amendment in 
subsection (a) shall be completed not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 2014.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.