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[H.R. 481 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 160
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 481

                          [Report No. 111-290]

  To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic 
Trail in northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along 
    Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and 
           Chippewa National Forest, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2009

 Mr. Oberstar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

                            October 8, 2009

Additional sponsors: Mr. Ellison, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Massa, 
                       Ms. McCollum, and Mr. Walz

                            October 8, 2009

  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 January 
                               13, 2009]





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                                 A BILL


 
  To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic 
Trail in northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along 
    Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and 
           Chippewa National Forest, and for other purposes.


 


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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``North Country National Scenic Trail 
Route Adjustment Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. ROUTE REAUTHORIZATION.

    Section 5(a)(8) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
1244(a)(8)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``thirty-two hundred miles'' and inserting 
        ``4,600 miles''; and
            (2) by striking ```Proposed North Country Trail'' and all 
        that follows through ``June 1975.'' and inserting ```North 
        Country National Scenic Trail, Authorized Route', dated 
        February 16, 2005, and numbered 649/80,002.''.

SEC. 3. LAND ACQUISITION.

    Neither the Secretary of Agriculture nor the Secretary of the 
Interior may acquire for the North Country National Scenic Trail land 
that was obtained through condemnation by a State or local government.

SEC. 4. ENERGY.

    Nothing in the Act or the amendments made by this Act shall 
prohibit or hinder the development, production, conveyance, or 
transmission of energy.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 160

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 481

                          [Report No. 111-290]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic 
Trail in northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along 
    Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and 
           Chippewa National Forest, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 8, 2009

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed`