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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 461

To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark 

National Historic Trail. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2003

Mr. HILL (for himself, Mrs. NORTHUP, and Mr. SOUDER) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the 

Lewis and Clark 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 ‘‘Lewis and Clark Na5 tional Historic Trail Amendments Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) The National Trails System was established 

9 in 1968 to provide additional recreational opportuni10 ties and promote preservation of access to outdoor 
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1 areas and historical resources of the nation, and has 

2 been amended over time to recognize new categories 

3 of trails and to expand site designations. 

4 (2) The Lewis and Clark National Historic 

5 Trail, as designated in 1978, omits several histori6 cally significant sites relevant to the Lewis and 

7 Clark expedition. 

8 (3) Lewis and Clark first came together at the 

9 Falls of the Ohio, located at Clarksville, Indiana, 

10 and Louisville, Kentucky, to plan and prepare for 

11 their expedition. 

12 (4) The Corps of Discovery was formed at the 

13 Falls of the Ohio when Lewis and Clark selected the 

14 first enlisted members of the expedition and mem15 bers were sworn into the army during a ceremony 

16 witnessed by General George Rogers Clark. 

17 (5) On July 13, 2001, the National Park Serv18 ice certified the Falls of the Ohio State Park as an 

19 official Lewis and Clark site associated with the 

20 Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. 

21 (6) On July 22, 2002, the National Park Serv22 ice certified Historic Locust Grove in Louisville, 

23 Kentucky, as an official Lewis and Clark site associ24 ated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic 

25 Trail. 
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1 (7) The National Council of the Lewis and 

2 Clark Bicentennial has designated the Falls of the 

3 Ohio as a national signature event site in October, 

4 2003, to commemorate the bicentennial of the im5 portant events that occurred in Clarksville, Indiana, 

6 and Louisville, Kentucky. 

7 (8) The areas in and around Clarksville, Indi8 ana, and Louisville, Kentucky, including the Falls of 

9 the Ohio, are the sites of events pivotal to the Lewis 

10 and Clark expedition and merit protection and rec11 ognition as components of the Lewis and Clark Na12 tional Historic Trail. 

13 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL HIS14 TORIC TRAIL. 

15 Section 5(a)(6) of the National Trails System Act (16 

16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(6)) is amended—

17 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘(A) The’’; and 

19 (2) by adding the following new subparagraph: 

20 ‘‘(B) In addition to the route designated in 

21 subparagraph (A), the trail shall include the 

22 route traveled by Lewis and Clark from the 

23 Falls of Ohio, located in Clarksville, Indiana, 
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1 and Louisville, Kentucky, to Wood River, Illi2 nois.’’.

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