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[H.R. 1026 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 512
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1026

                          [Report No. 115-667]

  To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic 
Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into Vermont to 
   connect with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2017

   Mr. Nolan (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
Peterson, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Walz, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Kelly 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Beyer, Mr. 
 Tonko, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Faso, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. 
   Paulsen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

                              May 10, 2018

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Katko, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. 
 Grothman, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Bergman, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Stefanik, 
   Ms. Moore, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Kind, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. 
Huizenga, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Lewis 
                      of Minnesota, and Mr. Emmer

                              May 10, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 13, 2017]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic 
Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into Vermont to 
   connect with the Appalachian National Scenic 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``North Country National Scenic Trail 
Route Adjustment Act''.

SEC. 2. ROUTE ADJUSTMENT.

    Section 5(a)(8) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
1244(a)(8)) is amended in the first sentence--
            (1) by striking ``thirty-two hundred miles, extending from 
        eastern New York State'' and inserting ``4,600 miles, extending 
        from the Appalachian Trail in Vermont''; and
            (2) by striking ``Proposed North Country Trail'' and all 
        that follows through ``June 1975.'' and inserting ```North 
        Country National Scenic Trail, Authorized Route', dated 
        February 2014, and numbered 649/116870.''.

SEC. 3. LAND ACQUISITION.

    Neither the Secretary of Agriculture nor the Secretary of the 
Interior may acquire for the North Country National Scenic Trail land 
in Minnesota or Vermont that was obtained through condemnation by a 
State or local government.

SEC. 4. ENERGY.

    Nothing in the amendments made by this Act that change the 
authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in 
Minnesota or Vermont shall prohibit the development, production, 
conveyance, or transmission of energy in those States, with reasonable 
efforts made to preserve the nature and purpose of the North Country 
National Scenic Trail, and to mitigate any damage to that trail and its 
associated resources caused by such activities.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 512

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1026

                          [Report No. 115-667]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic 
Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into Vermont to 
   connect with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 10, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed