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. 

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 ‘‘Washington-Rocham3 beau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Des4 ignation Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL 

6 HISTORIC TRAILS. 

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

8 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(ll) WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVOLU11 TIONARY ROUTE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Washington-Rocham13 beau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail, a 

14 corridor of approximately 600 miles following the 

15 route taken by the armies of General George Wash16 ington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, 

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

18 1782, as generally depicted on the map titled ‘Wash19 ington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National 

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

21 June, 2007. 

22 ‘‘(B) MAP.—The map referred to in subpara23 graph (A) shall be on file and available for public in24 spection in the appropriate offices of the National 

25 Park Service. 
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1 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail shall be ad2 ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, in con3 sultation with— 

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

5 and local agencies; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) the private sector. 

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

8 shall not acquire for the trail any land or interest 

9 in land— 

10 ‘‘(i) outside the exterior boundary of any 

11 federally managed area without the consent of 

12 the owner of the land or interest in land; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) acquired from a State or local govern14 ment if that land was acquired by such govern15 ment through eminent domain.’’. 

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. 

20 SEC. 4. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND REC21 REATIONAL SHOOTING. 

22 Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting 

23 the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the several 

24 States to manage, control, or regulate fish and resident 

25 wildlife under State law or regulations, including the regu-
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1 lation of hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational 

2 shooting. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as lim3 iting access for hunting, fishing, trapping, or recreational 

4 shooting. 

5 SEC. 5. ENERGY AND CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW. 

6 The Secretary of Interior, in consultation with the 

7 Secretary of Energy and private industry, shall complete 

8 and submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

9 House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and 

10 Natural Resources of the Senate, and Senators and Rep11 resentatives from the States affected by the designation, 

12 a report using the best available data and regarding the 

13 energy resources available on the lands and waters in14 cluded in the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary 

15 Route National Historic Trail. The report shall— 

16 (1) contain the best available description of the 

17 energy resources available on the land and report on 

18 the specific amount of energy withdrawn from pos19 sible development; and 

20 (2) identify barrels of oil, cubic feet of natural 

21 gas, megawatts of geothermal, wind and solar energy 

22 that could be commercially produced, annual avail23 able biomass for energy production, and any 

24 megawatts of hydropower resources available, includ-
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1 ing tidal, traditional dams, and in- stream flow tur2 bines, 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 destionary Route National Historic Trail. ignate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolu-