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Union Calendar No. 309 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3085 

[Report No. 109–549] 

To amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and 

suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National 

Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land 

components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 28, 2005 

Mr. WAMP (for himself, Mr. BERRY, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. 

BOREN, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mrs. EMERSON, 

Mr. SNYDER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. 

DUNCAN, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. TANNER, Mr. FORD, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. LUCAS, and Mr. COLE of Oklahoma) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

JULY 10, 2006 

Additional sponsors: Mr. LINDER and Mr. NORWOOD

JULY 10, 2006 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 28, 2005] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to update the 

feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for 


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the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and provide 

for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, 

and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY 

4 STUDY OF TRAIL OF TEARS NATIONAL HIS5 TORIC TRAIL. 

6 Section 5(a)(16) of the National Trails System Act (16 

7 U.S.C. 1244(a)(16)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub9 sections’’ and inserting ‘‘sections’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(C) Not later than 6 months after the date of the en13 actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall com14 plete the remaining criteria and submit to Congress a study 

15 regarding the feasibility and suitability of designating, as 

16 additional components of the Trail of Tears National His17 toric Trail, the following routes and land components by 

18 which the Cherokee Nation was removed to Oklahoma: 

19 ‘‘(i) The Benge and Bell routes. 

20 ‘‘(ii) The land components of the designated 

21 water routes in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and 

22 Tennessee. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) The routes from the collection forts in Ala2 bama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the 

3 emigration depots. 

4 ‘‘(iv) The related campgrounds located along the 

5 routes and land components described in clauses (i) 

6 through (iii).’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 309 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3085 

[Report No. 109

–549] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to uppurposes. grounds associated with that trail, and for other new trail segments, land components, and camp- Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of nally prepared for the Trail of Tears National date the feasibility and suitability study origiJULY 10, 2006 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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