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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1286 Engrossed in House (EH)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1286

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                                 AN ACT

 
  To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-
        Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.

    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 ``Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary 
Route National Historic Trail Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS.

    Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(__) Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic 
Trail.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary 
        Route National Historic Trail, a corridor of approximately 600 
        miles following the route taken by the armies of General George 
        Washington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, Rhode Island, 
        and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 1782, as generally depicted 
        on the map titled `Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route 
        National Historic Trail', numbered T01/80,001, and dated June, 
        2007.
            ``(B) Map.--The map referred to in subparagraph (A) shall 
        be on file and available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
            ``(C) Administration.--The trail shall be administered by 
        the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with--
                    ``(i) other Federal, State, tribal, regional, and 
                local agencies; and
                    ``(ii) the private sector.
            ``(D) Land acquisition.--The United States shall not 
        acquire for the trail any land or interest in land--
                    ``(i) outside the exterior boundary of any 
                federally managed area without the consent of the owner 
                of the land or interest in land; and
                    ``(ii) acquired from a State or local government if 
                that land was acquired by such government through 
                eminent domain.''.

SEC. 3. ENERGY.

    Nothing in the amendment made by section 2 of this Act shall 
prohibit or hinder the development, production, conveyance, or 
transmission of energy.

SEC. 4. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the authority, 
jurisdiction, or responsibility of the several States to manage, 
control, or regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law or 
regulations, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, trapping, 
and recreational shooting. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
limiting access for hunting, fishing, trapping, or recreational 
shooting.

SEC. 5. ENERGY AND CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.

    The Secretary of Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Energy and private industry, shall complete and submit to the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and Senators and 
Representatives from the States affected by the designation, a report 
using the best available data and regarding the energy resources 
available on the lands and waters included in the Washington-Rochambeau 
Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. The report shall--
            (1) contain the best available description of the energy 
        resources available on the land and report on the specific 
        amount of energy withdrawn from possible development; and
            (2) identify barrels of oil, cubic feet of natural gas, 
        megawatts of geothermal, wind and solar energy that could be 
        commercially produced, annual available biomass for energy 
        production, and any megawatts of hydropower resources 
        available, including tidal, traditional dams, and in- stream 
        flow turbines, and any impact on electricity transmission.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2008.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1286

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

  To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-
        Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.
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