[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 22 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2051-S2052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Schumer):
  S. 324. A bill acquisition from willing sellers for certain trails in 
the National Trails System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Willing 
Seller bill be printed in the Record.

[[Page S2052]]

  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 324

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

     SECTION 1. NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM.

       (a) Acquisition of Land From Willing Sellers.--Section 5(a) 
     of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (8), by adding at the end the following: 
     ``No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries 
     of any federally administered area may be acquired by the 
     Federal Government for the trail without the consent of the 
     owner of the land or interest.'';
       (2) in paragraph (10), by adding at the end the following: 
     ``No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries 
     of any federally administered area may be acquired by the 
     Federal Government for the trail without the consent of the 
     owner of the land or interest.''; and
       (3) in the fourth sentence of paragraph (11)--
       (A) by striking ``No lands or interests therein outside the 
     exterior'' and inserting ``No land or interest in land 
     outside the exterior''; and
       (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``without the consent of the owner of the land or 
     interest''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 10(c)(1) of the National 
     Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1249(c)(1)) is amended by 
     striking ``the North Country National Scenic Trail, The Ice 
     Age National Scenic Trail,''.
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