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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 328 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2009 

Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. 

MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. 

FATTAH, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. COURTNEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Washington-Rocham5 beau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Des6 ignation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL 

2 HISTORIC TRAILS. 

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

4 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(ll) WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVOLU7 TIONARY ROUTE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Washington-Rocham9 beau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail, a 

10 corridor of approximately 600 miles following the 

11 route taken by the armies of General George Wash12 ington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, 

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

14 1782, as generally depicted on the map titled ‘Wash15 ington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National 

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

17 June, 2007. 

18 ‘‘(B) MAP.—The map referred to in subpara19 graph (A) shall be on file and available for public in20 spection in the appropriate offices of the National 

21 Park Service. 

22 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail shall be ad23 ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, in con24 sultation with— 

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

26 and local agencies; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the private sector. 

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

3 shall not acquire for the trail any land or interest 

4 in land— 

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

6 federally managed area without the consent of 

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

8 ‘‘(ii) acquired from a State or local govern9 ment if that land was acquired by such govern10 ment through eminent domain.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND REC12 REATIONAL SHOOTING. 

13 Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting 

14 the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the several 

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

16 wildlife under State law or regulations, including the regu17 lation of hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational 

18 shooting. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as lim19 iting access for hunting, fishing, trapping, or recreational 

20 shooting. 

21 SEC. 4. ENERGY AND CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW. 

22 The Secretary of Interior, in consultation with the 

23 Secretary of Energy and private industry, shall complete 

24 and submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

25 House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and 


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1 Natural Resources of the Senate, and Senators and Rep2 resentatives from the States affected by the designation, 

3 a report using the best available data and regarding the 

4 energy resources available on the lands and waters in5 cluded in the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary 

6 Route National Historic Trail. The report shall— 

7 (1) contain the best available description of the 

8 energy resources available on the land and report on 

9 the specific amount of energy withdrawn from pos10 sible development; and 

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

12 gas, megawatts of geothermal, wind and solar energy 

13 that could be commercially produced, annual avail14 able biomass for energy production, and any 

15 megawatts of hydropower resources available, includ16 ing tidal, traditional dams, and in- stream flow tur17 bines, and any impact on electricity transmission. 

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