HR 1847 IH

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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

March 29, 2007CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIND, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. PETRI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as `the ‘National Trails System Willing Seller Act'’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LANDS 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 lands or interests therein‘No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any Ffederally administered area may be acquired by the Federal gGovernment for the trail except with the consent of the owner thereofof the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal gGovernment to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited to an average of not more thanone-quarter 1/4 mile on either side of the trail.'’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(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 lands or interests therein‘No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any Ffederally administered area may be acquired by the Federal gGovernment for the trail except with the consent of the owner thereofof the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal gGovernment to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited to an average of not more thanone-quarter 1/4 mile on either side of the trail.'’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(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 lands or interests therein‘No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any Ffederally administered area may be acquired by the Federal gGovernment for the trail except with the consent of the owner thereofof the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal gGovernment to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited to an average of not more thanone-quarter 1/4 mile on either side of the trail.'’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(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 lands or interests therein‘No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any Ffederally administered area may be acquired by the Federal gGovernment for the trail except with the consent of the owner thereofof the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal gGovernment to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited to an average of not more thanone-quarter 1/4 mile on either side of the trail.'’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(e) Iditarod National Historic Trail- Section 5(a)(7) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(7)) is amended by adding at the end the following: `No lands or interests therein 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 thereof. The authority of the Federal government to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited to an average of not more than one-quarter mile on either side of the trail.'.(f) 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 lands or interests therein‘No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any Ffederally administered area may be acquired by the Federal gGovernment for the trail except with the consent of the owner thereof.'.(gof the land or interest in land.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(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 lands or interests therein‘No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any Ffederally administered area may be acquired by the Federal gGovernment for the trail except with the consent of the owner thereof.'.(hof the land or interest in land.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(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-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking the fourth and fifth sentences; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by adding at the end the following: `No lands or interests therein‘No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any Ffederally administered area may be acquired by the Federal gGovernment for the trail except with the consent of the owner thereof.'.(iof the land or interest in land.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(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-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking the fourth and fifth sentences; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by adding at the end the following: `No lands or interests therein‘No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any Ffederally administered area may be acquired by the Federal gGovernment for the trail except with the consent of the owner thereofof the land or interest in land. The authority of the Federal gGovernment to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited to an average of not more thanone-quarter 1/4 mile on either side of the trail.'’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

Section 10(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1249(c)) is amended to read as follows:`(c)(1)by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) Authorization of Appropriations- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) IN GENERAL- Except as otherwise provided in this Act, there isare authorized to be appropriated such sums as may bare necessary to implement the provisions of this Act relating to the trails designated by section 5(a). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(2) Not more than $500,000 may be appropriated for the purposes of land acquisition and interests therein for ‘(2) NATCHEZ TRACE NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(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) of this Act, and-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) not more than $500,000 shall be appropriated for the acquisition of land or interests in land for the trail; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) not more than $2,000,000 may be appropriated for the purposes of the development of such trail.shall be appropriated for the development of the trail. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(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.'.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink