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Union Calendar No. 540 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5335 

[Report No. 110–840] 

To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the inclusion of 

new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with 

the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 8, 2008 

Mr. WAMP (for himself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. 

LUCAS, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. WHITFIELD of Kentucky, Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, Mr. 

SHULER, Mr. BERRY, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. TANNER, Ms. 

FALLIN, Mr. GINGREY, and Mr. PRICE of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BOREN, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. 

LINDER

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 

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 February 8, 2008] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for 

the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, 

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and campgrounds associated with the Trail of Tears 

National Historic 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trail of Tears Docu5 mentation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO TRAIL OF TEARS NATIONAL HIS7 TORIC TRAIL. 

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

9 U.S.C. 1244(a)(16)) is amended as follows: 

10 (1) By amending subparagraph (C) to read as 

11 follows: 

12 ‘‘(C) In addition to the areas otherwise des13 ignated under this paragraph, the following 

14 routes and land components by which the Cher15 okee Nation was removed to Oklahoma are com16 ponents of the Trail of Tears National Historic 

17 Trail, as generally described in the environ18 mentally preferred alternative of the November 

19 2007 Feasibility Study Amendment and Envi20 ronmental Assessment for Trail of Tears Na21 tional Historic Trail: 

22 ‘‘(i) The Benge and Bell routes. 

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1 ‘‘(ii) The land components of the des2 ignated water routes in Alabama, Arkansas, 

3 Oklahoma, and Tennessee. 

4 ‘‘(iii) The routes from the collection 

5 forts in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, 

6 and Tennessee to the emigration depots. 

7 ‘‘(iv) The related campgrounds located 

8 along the routes and land components de9 scribed in clauses (i) through (iii).’’. 

10 (2) In subparagraph (D)— 

11 (A) by striking the first sentence; and 

12 (B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘No 

13 lands or interests in lands outside the exterior 

14 boundaries of any federally administered area 

15 may be acquired by the Federal Government for 

16 the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail except 

17 with the consent of the owner thereof.’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 540 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5335 

[Report No. 110–840] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to profor other purposes. the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, and components, and campgrounds associated with vide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 

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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