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Union Calendar No. 57 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 984 

[Report No. 114–78] 

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 

Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief 

Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2015 

Mr. FORTENBERRY (for himself and Mr. COLE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

APRIL 15, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the 

Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the 

feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. CHIEF STANDING BEAR NATIONAL HISTORIC 

4 TRAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY. 

5 Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 

6 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(46) CHIEF STANDING BEAR NATIONAL HIS9 TORIC TRAIL.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Standing 

11 Bear Trail, extending approximately 550 miles 

12 from Niobrara, Nebraska, to Ponca City, Okla13 homa, which follows the route taken by Chief 

14 Standing Bear and the Ponca people during 

15 Federal Indian removal, and approximately 550 

16 miles from Ponca City, Oklahoma, through 

17 Omaha, Nebraska, to Niobrara, Nebraska, 

18 which follows the return route taken by Chief 

19 Standing Bear and the Ponca people, as gen20 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘Chief 

21 Standing Bear National Historic Trail Feasi22 bility Study’, numbered 903/125,630, and dated 

23 November 2014. 

24 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map 

25 described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file 


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1 and available for public inspection in the appro2 priate offices of the Department of the Interior. 

3 ‘‘(C) COMPONENTS.—The feasibility study 

4 conducted under subparagraph (A) shall include 

5 a determination on whether the Chief Standing 

6 Bear Trail meets the criteria described in sub7 section (b) for designation as a national historic 

8 trail. 

9 ‘‘(D) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting 

10 the feasibility study under subparagraph (A), 

11 the Secretary of the Interior shall consider 

12 input from owners of private land within or ad13 jacent to the study area.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 57 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 984 

[Report No. 114–78] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct 

purposes. ing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standthe Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 

APRIL 15, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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