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To amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

January 13, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails, 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. REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY STUDIES OF EXISTING NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS.

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





‘(g) Revision of Feasibility and Suitability Studies of Existing National Historic Trails-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) DEFINITIONS- In this subsection:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) ROUTE- The term ‘route’ includes a trail segment commonly known as a cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) SHARED ROUTE- The term ‘shared route’ means a route that was a segment of more than one historic trail, including a route shared with an existing national historic trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR REVISION-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of the Interior shall revise the feasibility and suitability studies for certain national trails for consideration of possible additions to the trails.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) STUDY REQUIREMENTS AND OBJECTIVES- The study requirements and objectives specified in subsection (b) shall apply to a study required by this subsection.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION OF STUDY- A study listed in this subsection shall be completed and submitted to Congress not later than 3 complete fiscal years from the date funds are made available for the study.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) OREGON NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) STUDY REQUIRED- The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a study of the routes of the Oregon Trail listed in subparagraph (B) and generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Western Emigrant Trails 1830/1870’ and dated 1991/1993, and of such other routes of the Oregon Trail that the Secretary considers appropriate, to determine the feasibility and suitability of designation of one or more of the routes as components of the Oregon National Historic Trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) COVERED ROUTES- The routes to be studied under subparagraph (A) shall include the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) Whitman Mission route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) Upper Columbia River.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(iii) Cowlitz River route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(iv) Meek cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(v) Free Emigrant Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(vi) North Alternate Oregon Trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(vii) Goodale’s cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(viii) North Side alternate route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ix) Cutoff to Barlow road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(x) Naches Pass Trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(4) PONY EXPRESS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL- The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a study of the approximately 20-mile southern alternative route of the Pony Express Trail from Wathena, Kansas, to Troy, Kansas, and such other routes of the Pony Express Trail that the Secretary considers appropriate, to determine the feasibility and suitability of designation of one or more of the routes as components of the Pony Express National Historic Trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(5) CALIFORNIA NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) STUDY REQUIRED- The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a study of the Missouri Valley, central, and western routes of the California Trail listed in subparagraph (B) and generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Western Emigrant Trails 1830/1870’ and dated 1991/1993, and of such other and shared Missouri Valley, central, and western routes that the Secretary considers appropriate, to determine the feasibility and suitability of designation of one or more of the routes as components of the California National Historic Trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) COVERED ROUTES- The routes to be studied under subparagraph (A) shall include the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) MISSOURI VALLEY ROUTES-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I) Blue Mills--Independence Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(II) Westport Landing Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(III) Westport--Lawrence Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(IV) Fort Leavenworth--Blue River route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(V) Road to Amazonia.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(VI) Union Ferry Route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(VII) Old Wyoming--Nebraska City cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(VIII) Lower Plattsmouth Route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(IX) Lower Bellevue Route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(X) Woodbury cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XI) Blue Ridge cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XII) Westport Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XIII) Gum Springs--Fort Leavenworth route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XIV) Atchison/Independence Creek routes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XV) Fort Leavenworth--Kansas River route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XVI) Nebraska City cutoff routes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XVII) Minersville--Nebraska City Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XVIII) Upper Plattsmouth route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XIX) Upper Bellevue route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) CENTRAL ROUTES-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I) Cherokee Trail, including splits.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(II) Weber Canyon route of Hastings cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(III) Bishop Creek cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(IV) McAuley cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(V) Diamond Springs cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(VI) Secret Pass.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(VII) Greenhorn cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(VIII) Central Overland Trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(iii) WESTERN ROUTES-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I) Bidwell--Bartleson route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(II) Georgetown/Dagget Pass Trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(III) Big Trees Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(IV) Grizzly Flat cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(V) Nevada City Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(VI) Yreka Trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(VII) Henness Pass route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(VIII) Johnson cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(IX) Luther Pass Trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(X) Volcano Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XI) Sacramento--Coloma Wagon Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XII) Burnett cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(XIII) Placer County Road to Auburn.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(6) MORMON PIONEER NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) STUDY REQUIRED- The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a study of the routes of the Mormon Pioneer Trail listed in subparagraph (B) and generally depicted in the map entitled ‘Western Emigrant Trails 1830/1870’ and dated 1991/1993, and of such other routes of the Mormon Pioneer Trail that the Secretary considers appropriate, to determine the feasibility and suitability of designation of one or more of the routes as components of the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) COVERED ROUTES- The routes to be studied under subparagraph (A) shall include the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) 1846 Subsequent routes A and B (Lucas and Clarke Counties, Iowa).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) 1856-57 Handcart route (Iowa City to Council Bluffs).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(iii) Keokuk route (Iowa).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(iv) 1847 Alternative Elkhorn and Loup River Crossings in Nebraska.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(v) Fort Leavenworth Road; Ox Bow route and alternates in Kansas and Missouri (Oregon and California Trail routes used by Mormon emigrants).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(vi) 1850 Golden Pass Road in Utah.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(7) SHARED CALIFORNIA AND OREGON TRAIL ROUTES-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) STUDY REQUIRED- The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a study of the shared routes of the California Trail and Oregon Trail listed in subparagraph (B) and generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Western Emigrant Trails 1830/1870’ and dated 1991/1993, and of such other shared routes that the Secretary considers appropriate, to determine the feasibility and suitability of designation of one or more of the routes as shared components of the California National Historic Trail and the Oregon National Historic Trail.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) COVERED ROUTES- The routes to be studied under subparagraph (A) shall include the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) St. Joe Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) Council Bluffs Road.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(iii) Sublette cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(iv) Applegate route.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(v) Old Fort Kearny Road (Oxbow Trail).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(vi) Childs cutoff.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(vii) Raft River to Applegate.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink