[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 3 (Thursday, January 22, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. BUNNING:
  S. 2018. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to extend the 
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include additional sites 
associated with the preparation or return phase of the expedition, and 
for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2018

       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 ``Lewis and Clark National 
     Historic Trail Extension Act of 2004''.

     SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.

        Section 5(a)(6) of the National Trails System Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1244(a)(6)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``The'' and 
     inserting ``(A) The''; and
       (2) by adding the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) In addition to the route designated in subparagraph 
     (A), the trail shall be extended to include the route 
     followed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, whether 
     independently or together, in the preparation phase of the 
     expedition starting at Monticello, located near 
     Charlottesville, Virginia, and traveling to Wood River, 
     Illinois, and in the return phase of the expedition from 
     Saint Louis, Missouri, to Washington, DC. The extended route 
     shall include designated Lewis and Clark sites in Virginia, 
     the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, 
     West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and 
     Illinois. The Secretary shall complete a suitability and 
     feasibility study to include the extended route within three 
     years from the date funds are first made available for that 
     purpose.''.
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