[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 123 (Monday, July 23, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petition or memorial was laid before the Senate and was 
referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-277. A resolution adopted by the Senate of the 
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urging the United States 
     Congress to adopt the National Park Service's recommendation 
     to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to 
     include the additional sites along the Lewis and Clark 
     Expedition's Eastern Legacy; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.

                       Senate Resolution No. 326

       Whereas, The Lewis and Clark Expedition (Expedition) and 
     the Corps of Discovery are nationally significant for their 
     exploration of the Louisiana Territory and search for an all 
     water route to the Pacific Ocean; and
       Whereas, Under orders by President Thomas Jefferson, the 
     expedition was responsible for mapping the territory 
     explored, as well as documenting new species of plants and 
     animals and engaging with the Native American tribes they 
     encountered; and
       Whereas, Although part of the route was unmapped territory, 
     the Lewis and Clark Expedition was able to use maps provided 
     to them by Native Americans, European explorers and fur 
     traders; and
       Whereas, Ultimately, the expedition was able to link routes 
     and maps together to find passage from St. Louis to the 
     Pacific Ocean, a feat that had never before been 
     accomplished; and
       Whereas, In order to recognize the historic significance of 
     the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the National Park Service 
     previously designated a trail that runs from Wood River, 
     Illinois, to the West Coast in Oregon and Washington; and
       Whereas, Public Law 110-229, passed by the Congress of the 
     United States in 2008, authorized the Secretary of the 
     Interior to study additional sites associated with the 
     preparation and return phases of the expedition, located in 
     Pennsylvania, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, 
     Delaware, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, 
     Missouri and Illinois; and
       Whereas, Those sites were to be considered for inclusion in 
     the ``Eastern Legacy'' of the expedition; and
       Whereas, The National Park Service evaluated 25 distinct 
     route segments used by the Corps of Discovery, for the 
     expedition to determine if they met the criteria for national 
     significance established by the National Trails System Act; 
     and
       Whereas, In August 2016, the National Park Service 
     published its Draft Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail 
     Extension Study, finding that three sections met the criteria 
     established for inclusion in the Lewis and Clark National 
     Historic Trail, and
       Whereas, Those segments include the Ohio River, from 
     Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Louisville, Kentucky; from 
     Louisville, Kentucky, to the confluence with the Mississippi 
     River; and from the Mississippi River's confluence with the 
     Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois, to Wood River, Illinois; and
       Whereas, A portion of the proposed extension of the Lewis 
     and Clark National Historic Trail includes sites along the 
     Ohio River in this Commonwealth; and
       Whereas, The inclusion of this segment along the Lewis and 
     Clark National Historic Trail is not only historically 
     significant and appropriate, but may have a positive economic 
     impact on those ties; therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania urge the Congress of the United States to adopt 
     the National Park Service's recommendation to extend the 
     Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include the 
     additional sites along the Lewis and Clark Expedition's 
     Eastern Legacy; and be it further
       Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to 
     the presiding officers of each chamber of Congress and to 
     each member of Congress from Pennsylvania.

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