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S 686 ISRS

Calendar No. 226

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 686

[Report No. 110-96]

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 26, 2007

Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. WARNER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. REED, Mr. BIDEN, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. DODD, and Mr. SPECTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

June 26, 2007

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, without amendment

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A BILL

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.

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 `Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act'.

SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS.

Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(26) WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVOLUTIONARY ROUTE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL-

`(A) IN GENERAL- The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail, a corridor of approximately 600 miles following the route taken by the armies of General George Washington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, Rhode Island, and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 1782, as generally depicted on the map entitled `WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVOLUTIONARY ROUTE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL', numbered T01/80,000, and dated July 2006.

`(B) MAP- The map referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.

`(C) ADMINISTRATION- The trail shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with--

`(i) other Federal, State, tribal, regional, and local agencies; and

`(ii) the private sector.

`(D) LAND ACQUISITION- The United States shall not acquire for the trail any land or interest in land outside the exterior boundary of any federally-managed area without the consent of the owner of the land or interest in land.'.

Calendar No. 226

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 686

[Report No. 110-96]

A BILL

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.

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June 26, 2007

Reported without amendment