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Union Calendar No. 467 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1286 

[Report No. 110–736] 

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the WashingtonRochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2007 

Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 

MORAN of Virginia, Mr. OBERSTAR, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SERRANO, and 

Mr. SNYDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

JULY 8, 2008 

Additional sponsors: Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BISHOP

of New York, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, 

Mr. FATTAH, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. WELCH of 

Vermont, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. HALL of 

New York, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. 

SESTAK, and Mr. WITTMAN of Virginia 

JULY 8, 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 the introduced bill, see bill as introduced on March 1, 2007] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 

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Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National 

Historic Trail. 

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 ‘‘Washington-Rocham5 beau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designa6 tion Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL 

8 HISTORIC TRAILS. 

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

10 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(ll) WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVOLUTIONARY

13 ROUTE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Washington-Rocham15 beau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail, a 

16 corridor of approximately 600 miles following the 

17 route taken by the armies of General George Wash18 ington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, 

19 Rhode Island, and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 

20 1782, as generally depicted on the map titled ‘Wash21 ington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National 

22 Historic Trail’, numbered T01/80,001, and dated 

23 June, 2007. 

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1 ‘‘(B) MAP.—The map referred to in subpara2 graph (A) shall be on file and available for public in3 spection in the appropriate offices of the National 

4 Park Service. 

5 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail shall be ad6 ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, in con7 sultation with— 

8 ‘‘(i) other Federal, State, tribal, regional, 

9 and local agencies; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the private sector. 

11 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—The United States 

12 shall not acquire for the trail any land or interest in 

13 land outside the exterior boundary of any federally14 managed area without the consent of the owner of the 

15 land or interest in land.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. ENERGY. 

17 Nothing in the amendment made by section 2 of this 

18 Act shall prohibit or hinder the development, production, 

19 conveyance, or transmission of energy. 

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Union Calendar No. 467 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1286 

[Report No. 110

–736] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to destionary Route National Historic Trail. ignate the Washington-Rochambeau RevoluJULY 8, 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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