[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 26, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9043-S9045]
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                 NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM ACT AMENDMENTS

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 54) to amend the 
National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national 
historic trails, and for other purposes, which had been reported from 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with amendments, as 
follows:
  [Strike the parts shown in black brackets and insert the parts shown 
in italic.]

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                                 S. 54

       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.

       Section 5 of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1244) is amended by inserting the following new subsection:
       [``(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 
     commonly 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 funds are made available for the study.
       [``(2) Oregon National Historic Trail.--]
       ``(g) Revision of Feasibility and Suitability Studies of 
     Existing National Historic Trails.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(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) Requirements for revision.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall revise the 
     feasibility and suitability studies for certain national 
     trails for consideration of possible additions to the trails.
       ``(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 
     Congress not later than 3 complete fiscal years from the date 
     funds are made available for the study.
       ``(3) 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)] (4) 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)] (5) 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)] (6) 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 in 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:
       ``(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)] (7) 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.''.

  The committee amendments were agreed to.
  The bill (S. 54), as amended, was read the third time and passed, as 
follows:

                                 S. 54

       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.

       Section 5 of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1244) is amended by inserting the following new subsection:
       ``(g) Revision of Feasibility and Suitability Studies of 
     Existing National Historic Trails.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(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) Requirements for revision.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall revise the 
     feasibility and suitability studies for certain national 
     trails for consideration of possible additions to the trails.
       ``(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 
     Congress not later than 3 complete fiscal years from the date 
     funds are made available for the study.
       ``(3) 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

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     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.
       ``(4) 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.
       ``(5) 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.

       ``(6) 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 in 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:
       ``(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.
       ``(7) 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.''.

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