[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1573 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1573

    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to place signage on Federal land along the trail known as 
       the ``American Discovery Trail'', and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 18, 2017

Mr. Coons (for himself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
 Agriculture to place signage on Federal land along the trail known as 
       the ``American Discovery 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 ``American Discovery Trail Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to 
                Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
                the Interior; or
                    (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to 
                Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
                Agriculture.
            (2) Trail.--The term ``Trail'' means the trail known as the 
        ``American Discovery Trail'', which consists of approximately 
        6,800 miles of trails extending from Cape Henlopen State Park 
        in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, as 
        generally described in volume 2 of the National Park Service 
        feasibility study dated June 1995.

SEC. 3. SIGNAGE ALONG THE AMERICAN DISCOVERY TRAIL.

    (a) Signage Authorized.--As soon as practicable after the date on 
which signage acceptable to the Secretary concerned is donated to the 
United States for placement on Federal land at points along the Trail, 
the Secretary concerned shall place the signage on the Federal land.
    (b) No Federal Funds.--No Federal funds may be used to acquire 
signage authorized for placement under subsection (a).
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