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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1528 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 31, 2008 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 

New England National Scenic 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New England National 

3 Scenic Trail Designation Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION. 

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

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

8 ‘‘(ll) NEW ENGLAND NATIONAL SCENIC

9 TRAIL.—The New England National Scenic Trail, a 

10 continuous trail extending approximately 220 miles 

11 from the border of New Hampshire in the town of 

12 Royalston, Massachusetts to Long Island Sound in 

13 the town of Guilford, Connecticut, as generally de14 picted on the map titled ‘New England National 

15 Scenic Trail Proposed Route’, numbered T06– 

16 80,000, and dated October 2007. The map shall be 

17 on file and available for public inspection in the ap18 propriate offices of the National Park Service. The 

19 Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with Fed20 eral, State, tribal, regional, and local agencies, the 

21 Appalachian Mountain Club, the Connecticut Forest 

22 and Park Association, and other organizations, shall 

23 administer the trail consistent with the recommenda24 tions of the draft report titled the ‘Metacomet Mo25 nadnock Mattabesset Trail System National Scenic 

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1 ment’, prepared by the National Park Service, and 

2 dated Spring 2006. The United States shall not ac3 quire for the trail any land or interest in land with4 out the consent of the owner.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 

7 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 

8 use the Trail Management Blueprint described in the draft 

9 report titled the ‘‘Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett 

10 Trail System National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study and 

11 Environmental Assessment’’, prepared by the National 

12 Park Service, and dated Spring 2006, as the framework 

13 for management and administration of the New England 

14 National Scenic Trail. Additional or more detailed plans 

15 for administration, management, protection, access, main16 tenance, or development of the trail may be developed con17 sistent with the Trail Management Blueprint, and as ap18 proved by the Secretary. 

19 (b) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL

20 LAWS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), all designated 

21 and future designated lands within the New England Na22 tional Scenic Trail, including all Federal lands, shall be 

23 exclusively governed by relevant State and local laws re24 garding hunting, fishing, and the possession or use of a 

25 weapon (including concealed weapons), trap, or net. 


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1 SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 

2 The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative 

3 agreements with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

4 (and its political subdivisions), the State of Connecticut 

5 (and its political subdivisions), the Appalachian Mountain 

6 Club, the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, and 

7 other regional, local, and private organizations deemed 

8 necessary and desirable to accomplish cooperative trail ad9 ministrative, management, and protection objectives con10 sistent with the Trail Management Blueprint. An agree11 ment under this section may include provisions for limited 

12 financial assistance to encourage participation in the plan13 ning, acquisition, protection, operation, development, or 

14 maintenance of the trail. 

15 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TRAIL SEGMENTS. 

16 Pursuant to section 6 of the National Trails System 

17 Act, the Secretary is encouraged to work with the State 

18 of New Hampshire and appropriate local and private orga19 nizations to include that portion of the Metacomet-Monad20 nock Trail in New Hampshire (which lies between 

21 Royalston, Massachusetts and Jaffrey, New Hampshire) 

22 as a component of the New England National Scenic 

23 Trail. Inclusion of this segment, as well as other potential 

24 side or connecting trails, is contingent upon written appli25 cation to the Secretary by appropriate State and local ju26 risdictions and a finding by the Secretary that trail manVerDate Aug 31 2005 00:13 Feb 01, 2008 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1528.RFS H1528

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1 agement and administration is consistent with the Trail 

2 Management Blueprint. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 29, 

2008. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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