[House Report 110-841]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     110-841

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               NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM WILLING SELLER ACT

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 September 11, 2008.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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  Mr. Rahall, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 1847]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the 
bill (H.R. 1847) to amend the National Trails System Act to 
clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from 
willing sellers for the majority of the trails in the System, 
and for other purposes, having considered the same, report 
favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill 
as amended do pass.

  The amendment is as follows:
  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

  This Act may be cited as the ``National Trails System Willing Seller 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LAND FROM WILLING SELLERS FOR CERTAIN 
                    TRAILS.

  (a) Oregon National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(3) of the National 
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(3)) is amended 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 except with the consent of the owner 
of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal 
Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited 
to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of the 
trail.''.
  (b) Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(4) of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(4)) is amended 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 except with the consent of the 
owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal 
Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited 
to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of the 
trail.''.
  (c) Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(5) of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(5)) is amended 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 except with the consent of the 
owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal 
Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited 
to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of the 
trail.''.
  (d) 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 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 except with the consent of the 
owner of the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal 
Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited 
to an average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of the 
trail.''.
  (e) North Country National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(8) of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(8)) is amended 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 except with the consent of the 
owner of the land or interest in land.''.
  (f) Ice Age National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(10) of the National 
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(10)) is amended 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 except with the consent of the owner 
of the land or interest in land.''.
  (g) Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(11) of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(11)) is amended--
          (1) by striking the fourth and fifth sentences; and
          (2) 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 except with the consent of the owner of the land or 
        interest in land.''.
  (h) Nez Perce National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(14) of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(14)) is amended--
          (1) by striking the fourth and fifth sentences; and
          (2) 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 except with the consent of the owner of the land or 
        interest in land. The authority of the Federal Government to 
        acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited to an 
        average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of the 
        trail.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

  Section 10 of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1249) is 
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
  ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
          ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
        there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
        necessary to implement the provisions of this Act relating to 
        the trails designated by section 5(a).
          ``(2) Natchez trace national scenic trail.--
                  ``(A) In general.--With respect to the Natchez Trace 
                National Scenic Trail (referred to in this paragraph as 
                the `trail') designated by section 5(a)(12)--
                          ``(i) not more than $500,000 shall be 
                        appropriated for the acquisition of land or 
                        interests in land for the trail; and
                          ``(ii) not more than $2,000,000 shall be 
                        appropriated for the development of the trail.
                  ``(B) Participation by volunteer trail groups.--The 
                administering agency for the trail shall encourage 
                volunteer trail groups to participate in the 
                development of the trail.''.

                          Purpose of the Bill

    The purpose of H.R. 1847 is to amend the National Trails 
System Act to clarify federal authority relating to land 
acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of the trails 
in the System, and for other purposes.

                  Background and Need for Legislation

    H.R. 1847 amends the National Trails System Act to provide 
authority to purchase lands from willing sellers for nine 
designated trails that currently lack such authority.
    Congress enacted the National Trails System Act in 1968 (16 
U.S.C. 1241 et seq.) to provide for increased outdoor 
recreation needs and ``to promote the preservation of, public 
access to, travel within, and enjoyment and appreciation of the 
open-air, outdoor areas and historic resources of the Nation'' 
by instituting a national system for recreational, scenic, and 
historic trails.
    Section 7(f)(2) of the National Trails System Act addresses 
land acquisition by stating, ``In acquiring lands or interests 
in lands for a National Scenic or Historic Trail, the 
appropriate Secretary may, with the consent of a landowner, 
acquire whole tracts notwithstanding that parts of such tracts 
may lie outside the area of trail acquisition.''
    Section 7(g) of the National Trails System Act gives the 
appropriate Secretary the authority to ``utilize condemnation 
authority to acquire private lands or interests therein 
pursuant to this section only in cases where, in his judgment, 
all reasonable efforts to acquire such lands or interests 
therein have failed . . .''. However, in the past several 
years, legislation designating new trails has limited 
acquisition authority to acquisition from willing sellers only.
    Nonetheless, for nine trails that are part of the system--
the Oregon National Historic Trail, the Mormon Pioneer National 
Historic Trail, the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, 
the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, the Iditarod 
National Historic Trail, the North Country National Scenic 
Trail, the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, the Potomac Heritage 
National Scenic Trail, and the Nez Perce National Historic 
Trail--the United States has no acquisition authority.
    Because these nine trails do not have acquisition 
authority, federal trail managers are unable to purchase lands 
or easements to ensure public access or to protect these trails 
from inappropriate development. Enactment of H.R. 1847 will 
provide the same authority to these nine trails as that which 
exists for the rest of the trails in the system.

                            Committee Action

    H.R. 1847 was introduced on March 29, 2007, by 
Representative Mark Udall (D-CO). The bill was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and within the Committee to the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. On 
July 10, 2008, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill 
during which the Administration testified in support of the 
bill.
    On July 23, 2008, the Subcommittee was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 1847 and the full Natural 
Resources Committee met to consider the bill. Subcommittee 
Chairman Grijalva (D-AZ) offered an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute that made minor technical changes to the bill to 
conform it to the companion measure reported by the Senate 
Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Ranking Member Young 
(R-AK) then offered an amendment to the substitute that would 
exclude the Iditarod National Historic Trail from the 
provisions of H.R. 1847. The Young amendment was adopted by 
voice vote. Representative Lamborn (R-CO) then offered an 
amendment to the substitute on behalf of Representative Sali 
(R-ID) that would make all lands within the designated trails 
identified in the bill exclusively governed by relevant state 
and local laws regarding the possession or use of a weapon, 
including a concealed weapon. The Lamborn amendment was not 
adopted by a roll call vote of 8 yeas to 15 nays, as follows:


    The Grijalva amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
amended, was then adopted by voice vote. The bill, as amended, 
was then ordered favorably reported to the House of 
Representatives by voice vote.

                      Section-by-Section Analysis


Section 1. Short title

    Section 1 provides that the Act may be cited as the 
``National Trails System Willing Seller Act''.

Section 2. Authority to acquire land from willing sellers for certain 
        trails

    Section 2 amends the sections of the National Trails System 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1244) for the Oregon National Historic Trail, 
the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, the Continental 
Divide National Scenic Trail, the Lewis and Clark National 
Historic Trail, the North Country National Scenic Trail, the 
Ice Age National Scenic Trail, the Potomac Heritage National 
Scenic Trail, and the Nez Perce National Historic Trail to 
require the consent of the owner to acquire private land for 
these trails.

Section 3. Conforming amendment

    Section 3 amends the National Trails System Act to 
authorize appropriations for the trails designated in section 
5(a), authorizes supplemental appropriations for the Natchez 
Trace National Scenic Trail and requires that the agencies 
administering trails encourage volunteer trail groups to 
participate in trail development.

            Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations

    Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Natural Resources' oversight findings and 
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.

                   Constitutional Authority Statement

    Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.

                    Compliance With House Rule XIII

    1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives requires an estimate and 
a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be 
incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(3)(B) 
of that Rule provides that this requirement does not apply when 
the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted 
cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    2. Congressional Budget Act. As required by clause 3(c)(2) 
of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this 
bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending 
authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in 
revenues or tax expenditures.
    3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by 
clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or 
objective of this bill is to amend the National Trails System 
Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition 
from willing sellers for the majority of the trails in the 
System, and for other purposes.
    4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Under clause 
3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate 
for this bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office:

H.R. 1847--National Trails System Willing Seller Act

    H.R. 1847 would amend the National Trails System Act to 
allow the federal government to purchase land from willing 
sellers for eight of the 25 national trails currently in the 
system. Under current law, federal agencies are not authorized 
to spend funds to acquire land or other property interests for 
eight national trails that are outside of existing federal 
areas, such as national forests or parks. (An exception to this 
prohibition is that one site in each state crossed by each 
trail may be acquired for an interpretive site.)
    The costs of implementing H.R. 1847 are uncertain because 
the federal agencies that administer the national trails have 
not completed land protection plans for most of the trails that 
would be affected by the legislation. CBO expects that 
relatively little land along the 16,000 miles composing the 
eight trails would be acquired because most land can probably 
be protected in other ways, as it is for most other trails in 
the system. Under the bill, total acquisition costs could be 
significant, however, because some of the longest trails would 
probably require larger areas to be purchased. For example, 
land acquisition for multistate trails such as the 3,200-mile 
North Country National Scenic Trail could cost over $100 
million, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. For 
some of the shorter trails, especially those located primarily 
on state or federal land, costs would be much lower. In any 
case, all acquisition funding would be subject to future 
appropriations and would be spent over a period of several 
years. This estimate is based on information provided by the 
National Park Service and the Forest Service, which administer 
most of the national trails affected by the bill.
    Enacting H.R. 1847 would not affect direct spending or 
revenues. The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-
sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 
and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal 
governments.
    On August 3, 2007, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for S. 
169, the National Trails System Willing Seller Act, as ordered 
reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources on July 25, 2007. S. 169 and H.R. 1847 are very 
similar. The cost of implementing H.R. 1847 could be less than 
that of S. 169 because the House bill includes one fewer trail 
(the Iditarod National Historic Trail in Alaska), but CBO 
estimates that the difference in costs would be small because 
the Alaska trail is located primarily on public land that would 
not need to be purchased.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Deborah Reis. 
The estimate was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant 
Director for Budget Analysis.

                    Compliance With Public Law 104-4

    This bill contains no unfunded mandates.

                           Earmark Statement

    H.R. 1847 does not contain any congressional earmarks, 
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in 
clause 9(d), 9(e) or 9(f) of rule XXI.

                Preemption of State, Local or Tribal Law

    This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or 
tribal law.

         Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported

  In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is 
proposed is shown in roman):

                       NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM ACT



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             NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL HISTORICAL TRAILS

  Sec. 5. (a) National scenic and national historic trails 
shall be authorized and designated only by Act of Congress. 
There are hereby established the following National Scenic and 
National Historic Trails:
          (1) * * *

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          (3) The Oregon National Historic Trail, a route of 
        approximately two thousand miles extending from near 
        Independence, Missouri, to the vicinity of Portland, 
        Oregon, following a route as depicted on maps 
        identified as ``Primary Route of the Oregon Trail 1841-
        1848'', in the Department of the Interior's Oregon 
        Trail study report dated April 1977, and which shall be 
        on file and available for public inspection in the 
        office of the Director of the National Park Service. 
        The trail shall be administered by the Secretary of the 
        Interior. 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 
        except with the consent of the owner of the land or 
        interest in land. The authority of the Federal 
        Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph 
        shall be limited to an average of not more than \1/4\ 
        mile on either side of the trail.
          (4) The Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, a 
        route of approximately one thousand three hundred miles 
        extending from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, 
        Utah, following the primary historical route of the 
        Mormon Trail as generally depicted on a map, identified 
        as, ``Mormon Trail Vicinity Map, figure 2'' in the 
        Department of the Interior Mormon Trail study report 
        dated March 1977, and which shall be on file and 
        available for public inspection in the office of the 
        Director, National Park Service, Washington, D.C. The 
        trail shall be administered by the Secretary of the 
        Interior. 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 
        except with the consent of the owner of the land or 
        interest in land. The authority of the Federal 
        Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph 
        shall be limited to an average of not more than \1/4\ 
        mile on either side of the trail.
          (5) The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, a 
        trail of approximately thirty-one hundred miles, 
        extending from the Montana-Canada border to the New 
        Mexico-Mexico border, following the approximate route 
        depicted on the map, identified as ``Proposed 
        Continental Divide National Scenic Trail'' in the 
        Department of the Interior Continental Divide Trail 
        study report dated March 1977 and which shall be on 
        file and available for public inspection in the office 
        of the Chief, Forest Service, Washington, D.C. The 
        Continental Divide National Scenic Trail shall be 
        administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in 
        consultation with the Secretary of the Interior. 
        Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7(c), the use 
        of motorized vehicles on roads which will be designated 
        segments of the Continental Divide National Scenic 
        Trail shall be permitted in accordance with regulations 
        prescribed by the appropriate Secretary. 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 except with the 
        consent of the owner of the land or interest in land. 
        The authority of the Federal Government to acquire fee 
        title under this paragraph shall be limited to an 
        average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of 
        the trail.
          (6) The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, a 
        trail of approximately three thousand seven hundred 
        miles, extending from Wood River, Illinois, to the 
        mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon, following the 
        outbound and inbound routes of the Lewis and Clark 
        expedition depicted on maps identified as, ``Vicinity 
        Map, Lewis and Clark Trail'' study report dated April 
        1977. The map shall be on file and available for public 
        inspection in the office of the Director, National Park 
        Service, Washington, D.C. The trail shall be 
        administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 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 except with the 
        consent of the owner of the land or interest in land. 
        The authority of the Federal Government to acquire fee 
        title under this paragraph shall be limited to an 
        average of not more than \1/4\ mile on either side of 
        the trail.

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          (8) The North Country National Scenic Trail, a trail 
        of approximately thirty-two hundred miles, extending 
        from eastern New York State to the vicinity of Lake 
        Sakakawea in North Dakota, following the approximate 
        route depicted on the map identified as ``Proposed 
        North Country Trail-Vicinity Map'' in the Department of 
        the Interior ``North Country Trail Report'', dated June 
        1975. The map shall be on file and available for public 
        inspection in the office of the Director, National Park 
        Service, Washington, District of Columbia. The trail 
        shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
        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 except 
        with the consent of the owner of the land or interest 
        in land.

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          (10) The Ice Age National Scenic Trail, a trail of 
        approximately one thousand miles, extending from Door 
        County, Wisconsin, to Interstate Park in Saint Croix 
        County, Wisconsin, generally following the route 
        described in ``On the Trail of the Ice Age--A Hiker's 
        and Biker's Guide to Wisconsin's Ice Age National 
        Scientific Reserve and Trail'', by Henry S. Reuss, 
        Member of Congress, dated 1980. The guide and maps 
        shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
        the Office of the Director, National Park Service, 
        Washington, District of Columbia. Overall 
        administration of the trail shall be the responsibility 
        of the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 
        5(d) of this Act. The State of Wisconsin, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, may, 
        subject to the approval of the Secretary, prepare a 
        plan for the management of the trail which shall be 
        deemed to meet the requirements of section 5(e) of this 
        Act. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7(c), 
        snowmobile use may be permitted on segments of the Ice 
        Age National Scenic Trail where deemed appropriate by 
        the Secretary and the managing authority responsible 
        for the segment. 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 except with the consent of the owner of the land 
        or interest in land.
          (11) The Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, a 
        corridor of approximately seven hundred and four miles 
        following the route as generally depicted on the map 
        identified as ``National Trails System, Proposed 
        Potomac Heritage Trail'' in ``The Potomac Heritage 
        Trail'', a report prepared by the Department of the 
        Interior and dated December 1974, except that no 
        designation of the trail shall be made in the State of 
        West Virginia. The map shall be on file and available 
        for public inspection in the office of the Director of 
        the National Park Service, Washington, District of 
        Columbia. The trail shall initally consist of only 
        those segments of the corridor located within the 
        exterior boundaries of federally administered areas. 
        [No lands or interests therein outside the exterior 
        boundaries of any federally administered area may be 
        acquired by the Federal Government for the Potomac 
        Heritage Trail. The Secretary of the Interior may 
        designate lands outside of federally administered areas 
        as segments of the trail, only upon application from 
        the States or local governmental agencies involved, if 
        such segments meet the criteria established in this Act 
        and are administered by such agencies without expenses 
        to the United States.] The trail shall be administered 
        by the Secretary of the Interior. 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 except with the 
        consent of the owner of the land or interest in land.

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          (14) The Nez Perce National Historic Trail, a route 
        of approximately eleven hundred and seventy miles 
        extending from the vicinity of Wallowa Lake, Oregon, to 
        Bear Paw Mountain, Montana, as generally depicted in 
        ``Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) Trail Study Report'' prepared 
        by the Department of Agriculture and dated March 1982. 
        The report shall be on file and available for public 
        inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest 
        Service, Washington, District of Columbia. The trail 
        shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
        [No lands or interests therein outside the exterior 
        boundaries of any federally administered area may be 
        acquired by the Federal Government for the Nez Perce 
        National Historic Trail. The Secretary of Agriculture 
        may designate lands outside of federally administered 
        areas as segments of the trail upon application from 
        the States or local governmental agencies involved if 
        such segments meet the criteria established in this Act 
        and are administered by such agencies without expense 
        to the United States.] So that significant route 
        segments and sites recognized as associated with the 
        Nez Perce Trail may be distinguished by suitable 
        markers, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
        accept the donation of suitable markers for placement 
        at appropriate locations. Any such markers associated 
        with the Nez Perce Trail which are to be located on 
        lands administered by any other department or agency of 
        the United States may be placed on such lands only with 
        the concurrence of the head of such department or 
        agency. 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 
        except with the consent of the owner of the land or 
        interest in land. The authority of the Federal 
        Government to acquire fee title under this paragraph 
        shall be limited to an average of not more than \1/4\ 
        mile on either side of the trail.

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                    AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

  Sec. 10. (a) * * *

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  [(c)(1) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this 
Act relating to the trails designated by paragraphs 5(a) (3), 
(4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10): Provided, That no such 
funds are authorized to be appropriated prior to October 1, 
1978: And provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provisions of this Act or any other provisions of law, no funds 
may be expended by Federal agencies for the acquisition of 
lands or interests in lands outside the exterior boundaries of 
existing Federal areas for the Continental Divide National 
Scenic Trail, the North Country National Scenic Trail, the Ice 
Age National Scenic Trail, the Oregon National Historic Trail, 
the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, the Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail, and the Iditarod National Historic 
Trail, except that funds may be expended for the acquisition of 
lands or interests therein for the purpose of providing for one 
trail interpretation site, as described in section 7(c), along 
with such trail in each State crossed by the trail.
  [(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, there is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to 
implement the provisions of this Act relating to the trails 
designated by section 5(a). Not more than $500,000 may be 
appropriated for the purposes of acquisition of land and 
interests therein for the trail designated by section 5(a)(12) 
of this Act, and not more than $2,000,000 may be appropriated 
for the purposes of the development of such trail. The 
administering agency for the trail shall encourage volunteer 
trail groups to participate in the development of the trail.]
  (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
          (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        Act, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
        as are necessary to implement the provisions of this 
        Act relating to the trails designated by section 5(a).
          (2) Natchez trace national scenic trail.--
                  (A) In general.--With respect to the Natchez 
                Trace National Scenic Trail (referred to in 
                this paragraph as the ``trail'') designated by 
                section 5(a)(12)--
                          (i) not more than $500,000 shall be 
                        appropriated for the acquisition of 
                        land or interests in land for the 
                        trail; and
                          (ii) not more than $2,000,000 shall 
                        be appropriated for the development of 
                        the trail.
                  (B) Participation by volunteer trail 
                groups.--The administering agency for the trail 
                shall encourage volunteer trail groups to 
                participate in the development of the trail.

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