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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6366 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the routes of the 
Shawnee Cattle Trail, the oldest of the major Texas Cattle Trails, for 
study for potential addition to the National Trails System, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas 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 
routes of the Shawnee Cattle Trail, the oldest of the 
major Texas Cattle Trails, for study for potential addi-
tion to the National Trails System, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shawnee Cattle Trail 
Study Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF TRAIL FOR STUDY. 
Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ll) SHAWNEE CATTLE TRAIL.—The Shaw-
nee Cattle Trail, consisting of three main branches, 
East, Middle, and West, and several smaller con-
necting trails extending from Texas to Missouri, and 
later Kansas, which is considered the oldest of the 
major Texas Cattle Trails, used from the 1840s 
until 1872.’’. 
SEC. 3. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTIONS. 
(a) ALTERNATIVES TO PROTECT PRIVATE PROP-
ERTY.—In conducting the study required by the amend-
ment made by section 2, the Secretary shall not consider 
any alternative that would— 
(1) require any private property owner to allow 
public access (including Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment access) to such private property; 
(2) modify any provision of Federal, State, or 
local law with regard to public access to or use of 
private property; 
(3) create any liability, or have any effect on 
any liability under any other law, of any private 
property owner with respect to any persons injured 
on such private property; 
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(4) modify the authority of Federal, State, or 
local governments to regulate land use; 
(5) require the owner of any private property to 
participate in or be associated with any addition to 
the National Parks System; 
(6) result in the reduction in value of property 
held by a private property owner; or 
(7) require or allow the Federal Government to 
acquire lands, or interests therein, outside the exte-
rior boundaries of any federally administered area, 
except with the consent of the owner thereof. 
(b) IMPACTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.—The study 
shall include an analysis and documentation regarding 
whether each alternative proposed has potential or actual 
impact on private property located within or abutting the 
trail area. 
SEC. 4. PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATION. 
Not less than 30 days before the Secretary of the In-
terior begins the study required by the amendment made 
by section 2, the Secretary shall notify all private property 
owners whose land will be studied that the study will be 
conducted. 
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