U.S. Congress - H.R.1528 New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act
H.R.1528 - New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the New England National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes. view all titles (5)
All Bill Titles
- Short: New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act as passed house.
- Official: To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the New England National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act as reported to house.
- Short: New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act as introduced.
- Short: New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act as reported to senate.
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Latest Vote
Result: Passed - January 29, 2008
Roll call number 28 in the House
Question: On Passage: H R 1528 New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes:
60%
Official Summary
6/16/2008--Reported to Senate amended. New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the New England National Scenic Trail as a National Scenic Trail. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with federal, state, tribalOfficial Summary
6/16/2008--Reported to Senate amended. New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the New England National Scenic Trail as a National Scenic Trail. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with federal, state, tribal, regional, and local agencies, the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, and other organizations, to administer the Trail after considering the recommendations of the Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett Trail System National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment prepared by the National Park Service (NPS), dated Spring 2006. Bars the acquisition of any land or interest for the Trail by the government without the owner's consent. Directs the Secretary to consider the actions outlined in the Trail Management Blueprint as the framework for management and administration of the Trail. Allows for the development of additional or more detailed plans for the administration, management, protection, access, maintenance, or development of the Trail consistent with the Blueprint, and as approved by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with Massachusetts, Connecticut, and other regional, local, and private organizations deemed necessary and desirable to accomplish cooperative trail objectives consistent with the Blueprint. Permits such an agreement to include provisions for limited financial assistance to encourage participation in the planning, acquisition, protection, operation, development, or maintenance of the Trail. Encourages the Secretary to work with New Hampshire and appropriate local and private organizations to include that part of the Metacomet-Monadock Trail in New Hampshire (which lies between Royalston, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New Hampshire) as a component of the Trail. Makes inclusion of this segment, as well as other potential side or connecting trails, contingent upon written application to the Secretary by appropriate state and local jurisdictions and a finding by the Secretary that trail management and administration is consistent with the Blueprint....Read the Rest
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