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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 Con-
necticut, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New England National 
Scenic Trail Designation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ll) 
NEW
ENGLAND
NATIONAL
SCENIC 
TRAIL.—The New England National Scenic Trail, a 
continuous trail extending approximately 220 miles 
from the border of New Hampshire in the town of 
Royalston, Massachusetts to Long Island Sound in 
the town of Guilford, Connecticut, as generally de-
picted on the map titled ‘New England National Sce-
nic Trail Proposed Route’, numbered T06–80,000, 
and dated October 2007. The map shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service. The Secretary of 
the Interior, in cooperation with Federal, State, trib-
al, regional, and local agencies, the Appalachian 
Mountain Club, the Connecticut Forest and Park As-
sociation, and other organizations, shall administer 
the trail consistent with the recommendations of the 
draft 
report 
titled 
the 
‘Metacomet 
Monadnock 
Mattabesset Trail System National Scenic Trail Fea-
sibility Study and Environmental Assessment’, pre-
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pared by the National Park Service, and dated 
Spring 2006. The United States shall not acquire for 
the trail any land or interest in land without the con-
sent of the owner.’’. 
SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT. 
The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall use the Trail Manage-
ment Blueprint described in the draft report titled the 
‘‘Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett Trail System National 
Scenic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental Assess-
ment’’, prepared by the National Park Service, and dated 
Spring 2006, as the framework for management and ad-
ministration of the New England National Scenic Trail. 
Additional or more detailed plans for administration, man-
agement, protection, access, maintenance, or development of 
the trail may be developed consistent with the Trail Man-
agement Blueprint, and as approved by the Secretary. 
SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 
The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative 
agreements with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (and 
its political subdivisions), the State of Connecticut (and its 
political subdivisions), the Appalachian Mountain Club, the 
Connecticut Forest and Park Association, and other re-
gional, local, and private organizations deemed necessary 
and desirable to accomplish cooperative trail administra-
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tive, management, and protection objectives consistent with 
the Trail Management Blueprint. An agreement under this 
section may include provisions for limited financial assist-
ance to encourage participation in the planning, acquisi-
tion, protection, operation, development, or maintenance of 
the trail. 
SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TRAIL SEGMENTS. 
Pursuant to section 6 of the National Trails System 
Act, the Secretary is encouraged to work with the State of 
New Hampshire and appropriate local and private organi-
zations to include that portion of the Metacomet-Monadnock 
Trail in New Hampshire (which lies between Royalston, 
Massachusetts and Jaffrey, New Hampshire) as a compo-
nent of the New England National Scenic Trail. Inclusion 
of this segment, as well as other potential side or connecting 
trails, is contingent upon written application to the Sec-
retary by appropriate State and local jurisdictions and a 
finding by the Secretary that trail management and ad-
ministration is consistent with the Trail Management Blue-
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 des-
ignate the New England National Scenic Trail, 
and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 19, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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