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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 531 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  Union Calendar No. 27
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 531

                          [Report No. 104-54]

To designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under the 
          National Trails System Act, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 17, 1995

Mr. Hansen (for himself, Mr. Orton, and Mrs. Waldholtz) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

                           February 27, 1995

  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]

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                                 A BILL

 
To designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under the 
          National Trails System Act, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. POTENTIAL ADDITION OF GREAT WESTERN SCENIC TRAIL TO 
              NATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM GREAT WESTERN TRAIL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(38) The Great Western Scenic Trail, a system of trails 
to accommodate a variety of travel users in a corridor of approximately 
3,100 miles in length extending from the Arizona-Mexico border to the 
Idaho-Montana-Canada border, following the approximate route depicted 
on the map identified as `Great Western Trail Corridor, 1988', which 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service, United States Department of 
Agriculture. The trail study shall be conducted by the Forest Service 
in consultation with the Department of the Interior and shall include a 
comprehensive and detailed identification of all rights-of-way crossing 
or potentially affected by such trail together with the holder of such 
rights-of-way, identification of any potential right-of-way so crossing 
or potentially affected and the purpose of such potential right-of-way, 
and a listing of any private property that would be included within the 
trail and an identification of the owner of the private property. The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall examine in such study the 
appropriateness of motorized trail use along the trail.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. POTENTIAL ADDITION OF GREAT WESTERN SCENIC TRAIL TO NATIONAL 
              TRAIL SYSTEM GREAT WESTERN TRAIL.

    Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(38) The Great Western Scenic Trail, a system of trails to 
accommodate a variety of travel users in a corridor of approximately 
3,100 miles in length extending from the Arizona-Mexico border to the 
Idaho-Montana-Canada border, following the approximate route depicted 
on the map identified as `Great Western Trail Corridor, 1988', which 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service, United States Department of 
Agriculture. The trail study shall be conducted by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, in 
accordance with subsection (b) and shall include--
            ``(A) the current status of land ownership and current and 
        potential use along the designated route;
            ``(B) the estimated cost of acquisition of lands or 
        interests in lands, if any; and
            ``(C) an examination of the appropriateness of motorized 
        trial use along the trail.''.

                                                  Union Calendar No. 27

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 531

                          [Report No. 104-54]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under the 
          National Trails System Act, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 27, 1995

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