[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 150 (Tuesday, November 19, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11637-S11639]
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                 AMENDING THE NATURAL TRAILS SYSTEM ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 576, H.R. 37.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by 
title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 37) to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     update the feasibility and suitability studies of 4 national 
     historic trails and provide for possible additions to such 
     trails.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill 
which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and 
insert in lieu thereof the following:
  [Strike the part shown in black brackets and insert the part printed 
in italic.]

                                H.R. 37

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     [SECTION 1. REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDIES 
                   OF EXISTING NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS.

       [The National Trails System Act is amended by inserting 
     after section 5 (16 U.S.C. 1244) the following new section:

     [``SEC. 5A. REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDIES 
                   OF EXISTING TRAILS FOR POSSIBLE TRAIL 
                   EXPANSION.

       [``(a) In General.--
       [``(1) Definitions.--In this section:
       [``(A) Route.--The term `route' includes a trail segment 
     commonly known as a cutoff.
       [``(B) Shared route.--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) Study requirements and objectives.--The study 
     requirements and objectives specified in section 5(b) shall 
     apply to a study required by this section. The study shall 
     also assess the effect that designation of the studied route 
     as a component of an existing national scenic trail or 
     national historic trail may have on private property along 
     the proposed route.
       [``(3) Completion and submission of study.--A study listed 
     in this section shall be completed and submitted to the 
     Congress not later than three complete fiscal years from the 
     date of the enactment of this section, or from the date of 
     the enactment of the addition of the study to this section, 
     whichever is later.
       [``(4) Implementation of study results.--Upon completion of 
     a study required by this section, if the Secretary conducting 
     the study determines that a studied route is a feasible and 
     suitable addition to the existing national scenic trail or 
     national historic trail that was the subject of the study, 
     the Secretary shall designate the route as a component of 
     that national scenic trail or national historic trail. The 
     Secretary shall publish notice of the designation in the 
     Federal Register.
       [``(b) Oregon National Historic Trail.--
       [``(1) Study required.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
     undertake a study of the routes of the Oregon Trail listed in 
     paragraph (2) and generally depicted on the map entitled 
     `Western Emigrant Trails 1830/1870' and dated 1991/1993, and 
     of such shared 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 
     Oregon National Historic Trail.
       [``(2) Covered routes.--The routes to be studied under 
     paragraph (1) are the following:
       [``(A) Whitman Mission route.
       [``(B) Upper Columbia River.
       [``(C) Cowlitz River route.
       [``(D) Meek cutoff.
       [``(E) Free Emigrant Road.
       [``(F) North Alternate Oregon Trail.
       [``(G) Goodale's cutoff.
       [``(H) North Side alternate route.
       [``(I) Cutoff to Barlow Road.
       [``(J) Naches Pass Trail.
       [``(c) Pony Express National Historic Trail.--The Secretary 
     of the Interior shall

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     undertake a study of the approximately 20-mile southern 
     alternative route of the Pony Express Trail from Wathena, 
     Kansas, to Troy, Kansas, and such shared 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 Pony Express National Historic Trail.
       [``(d) California National Historic Trail.--
       [``(1) Study required.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
     undertake a study of the Missouri Valley, central, and 
     western routes of the California Trail listed in paragraph 
     (2) and generally depicted on the map entitled `Western 
     Emigrant Trails 1830/1870' and dated 1991/1993, and of such 
     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.
       [``(2) Covered routes.--The routes to be studied under 
     paragraph (1) are the following:
       [``(A) Missouri valley routes.--
       [``(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.
       [``(B) Central routes.--
       [``(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.
       [``(C) Western routes.--
       [``(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.
       [``(e) Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail.--
       [``(1) Study required.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
     undertake a study of the routes of the Morman Pioneer Trail 
     listed in paragraph (2) and generally depicted on the map 
     entitled `Western Emigrant Trails 1830/1870' and dated 1991/
     1993, and of such shared 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 
     Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail.
       [``(2) Covered routes.--The routes to be studied under 
     paragraph (1) are the following:
       [``(A) 1846 Subsequent routes A and B (Lucas and Clarke 
     Counties, Iowa).
       [``(B) 1856-57 Handcart route (Iowa City to Council Bluffs)
       [``(C) Keokuk route (Iowa).
       [``(D) 1847 Alternative Elkhorn and Loup River Crossings in 
     Nebraska.
       [``(E) Fort Leavenworth Road; Ox Bow route and alternates 
     in Kansas and Missouri (Oregon and California Trail routes 
     used by Mormon emigrants).
       [``(F) 1850 Golden Pass Road in Utah.
       [``(f) Shared California and Oregon Trail Routes.--
       [``(1) Study required.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
     undertake a study of the shared routes of the California 
     Trail and Oregon Trail listed in paragraph (2) 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.
       [``(2) Covered routes.--The routes to be studied under 
     paragraph (1) are the following:
       [``(A) St. Joe Road.
       [``(B) Council Bluffs Road.
       [``(C) Sublette cutoff.
       [``(D) Applegate route.
       [``(E) Old Fort Kearny Road (Oxbow Trail).
       [``(F) Childs cutoff.
       [``(G) Raft River to Applegate.''.]

     SECTION 1. REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDIES OF 
                   EXISTING NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS.

       Section 5 of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1244) is amended by inserting the following new 
     subsection(g):
       ``(g) The Secretary shall revise the feasibility and 
     suitability studies for certain national trails for 
     consideration of possible additions to the trails.
       ``(1) In general.--
       ``(A) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(i) Route.--The term `route' includes a trail segment 
     common known as a cutoff.
       ``(ii) Shared route.--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.
       ``(B) Study requirements and objectives.--The study 
     requirements and objectives specified in subsection (b) shall 
     apply to a study required by this subsection.
       ``(C) Completion and submission of study.--A study listed 
     in this subsection shall be completed and submitted to the 
     Congress not later than three complete fiscal years from the 
     date of the enactment of this subsection, or from the date of 
     the enactment of the addition of the study to this 
     subsection, whichever is later.
       ``(2) Oregon national historic trail.--
       ``(A) Study required.--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) Covered routes.--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.
       ``(3) Pony express national historic trail.--The 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.
       ``(4) California national historic trail.--
       ``(A) Study required.--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) Covered routes.--The routes to be studied under 
     subparagraph (A) shall include the following:

       ``(i) Missouri valley routes.--
       ``(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) Central routes.--

       ``(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) Western routes.--

       ``(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.

       ``(5) Mormon pioneer national historic trail.--
       ``(A) Study required.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
     undertake a study of the routes of the Mormon Pioneer 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 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) Covered routes.--The routes to be studied under 
     subparagraph (A) shall include the following:

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       ``(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.
       ``(6) Shared california and oregon trail routes.--
       ``(A) Study required.--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) Covered routes.--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.''
       Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2001.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, Chairman Bingaman has a substitute amendment 
at the desk. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered 
and agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, the 
committee-reported substitute, as amended, be agreed to, the bill, as 
amended, be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be 
laid on the table, and any statements relating to the bill be printed 
in the Record.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4974) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, 
was agreed to.
  The bill (H.R. 37), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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