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Union Calendar No. 307 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1528 

[Report No. 110–502] 

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the New England 

National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2007 

Mr. OLVER (for himself, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mr. LARSON of Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 19, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. SHAYS, and Mr. 

MARKEY

DECEMBER 19, 2007 

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 introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 14, 2007] 

A BILL 

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 Sce15 nic Trail Proposed Route’, numbered T06–80,000, 

16 and dated October 2007. The map shall be on file and 

17 available for public inspection in the appropriate of18 fices of the National Park Service. The Secretary of 

19 the Interior, in cooperation with Federal, State, trib20 al, regional, and local agencies, the Appalachian 

21 Mountain Club, the Connecticut Forest and Park As22 sociation, and other organizations, shall administer 

23 the trail consistent with the recommendations of the 

24 draft report titled the ‘Metacomet Monadnock 

25 Mattabesset Trail System National Scenic Trail Fea26 sibility Study and Environmental Assessment’, premstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 pared by the National Park Service, and dated 

2 Spring 2006. The United States shall not acquire for 

3 the trail any land or interest in land without the con4 sent of the owner.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT. 

6 The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act re7 ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall use the Trail Manage8 ment Blueprint described in the draft report titled the 

9 ‘‘Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett Trail System National 

10 Scenic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental Assess11 ment’’, prepared by the National Park Service, and dated 

12 Spring 2006, as the framework for management and ad13 ministration of the New England National Scenic Trail. 

14 Additional or more detailed plans for administration, man15 agement, protection, access, maintenance, or development of 

16 the trail may be developed consistent with the Trail Man17 agement Blueprint, and as approved by the Secretary. 

18 SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 

19 The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative 

20 agreements with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (and 

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

22 political subdivisions), the Appalachian Mountain Club, the 

23 Connecticut Forest and Park Association, and other re24 gional, local, and private organizations deemed necessary 

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1 tive, management, and protection objectives consistent with 

2 the Trail Management Blueprint. An agreement under this 

3 section may include provisions for limited financial assist4 ance to encourage participation in the planning, acquisi5 tion, protection, operation, development, or maintenance of 

6 the trail. 

7 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TRAIL SEGMENTS. 

8 Pursuant to section 6 of the National Trails System 

9 Act, the Secretary is encouraged to work with the State of 

10 New Hampshire and appropriate local and private organi11 zations to include that portion of the Metacomet-Monadnock 

12 Trail in New Hampshire (which lies between Royalston, 

13 Massachusetts and Jaffrey, New Hampshire) as a compo14 nent of the New England National Scenic Trail. Inclusion 

15 of this segment, as well as other potential side or connecting 

16 trails, is contingent upon written application to the Sec17 retary by appropriate State and local jurisdictions and a 

18 finding by the Secretary that trail management and ad19 ministration is consistent with the Trail Management Blue20 print. 

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Union Calendar No. 307 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1528 

[Report No. 110

–502] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to desand for other purposes. ignate the New England National Scenic Trail, 

DECEMBER 19, 2007 

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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