I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1336 
To amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national 
historic trails, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2007 
Mr. BLUMENAUER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and 
suitability studies of four national historic trails, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY 
STUDIES OF EXISTING NATIONAL HISTORIC 
TRAILS. 
Section 5 of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244) is amended by inserting the following new 
subsection: 
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‘‘(g) REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY 
STUDIES OF EXISTING NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ROUTE.—The term ‘route’ includes a 
trail segment commonly known as a cutoff. 
‘‘(B) SHARED ROUTE.—The term ‘shared 
route’ means a route that was a segment of 
more than one historic trail, including a route 
shared with an existing national historic trail. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR REVISION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
revise the feasibility and suitability studies for 
certain national trails for consideration of pos-
sible additions to the trails. 
‘‘(B) STUDY REQUIREMENTS AND OBJEC-
TIVES.—The study requirements and objectives 
specified in subsection (b) shall apply to a study 
required by this subsection. 
‘‘(C) COMPLETION
AND
SUBMISSION
OF 
STUDY.—A study listed in this subsection shall 
be completed and submitted to Congress not 
later than 3 complete fiscal years from the date 
funds are made available for the study. 
‘‘(3) OREGON NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— 
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‘‘(A) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall undertake a study of the 
routes of the Oregon Trail listed in subpara-
graph (B) and generally depicted on the map 
entitled ‘Western Emigrant Trails 1830/1870’ 
and dated 1991/1993, and of such other routes 
of the Oregon Trail that the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, to determine the feasibility 
and suitability of designation of one or more of 
the routes as components of the Oregon Na-
tional Historic Trail. 
‘‘(B) COVERED ROUTES.—The routes to be 
studied under subparagraph (A) shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(i) Whitman Mission route. 
‘‘(ii) Upper Columbia River. 
‘‘(iii) Cowlitz River route. 
‘‘(iv) Meek cutoff. 
‘‘(v) Free Emigrant Road. 
‘‘(vi) North Alternate Oregon Trail. 
‘‘(vii) Goodale’s cutoff. 
‘‘(viii) North Side alternate route. 
‘‘(ix) Cutoff to Barlow road. 
‘‘(x) Naches Pass Trail. 
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‘‘(4) PONY
EXPRESS
NATIONAL
HISTORIC 
TRAIL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall under-
take a study of the approximately 20-mile southern 
alternative route of the Pony Express Trail from 
Wathena, Kansas, to Troy, Kansas, and such other 
routes of the Pony Express Trail that the Secretary 
considers appropriate, to determine the feasibility 
and suitability of designation of one or more of the 
routes as components of the Pony Express National 
Historic Trail. 
‘‘(5) CALIFORNIA NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— 
‘‘(A) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall undertake a study of the Mis-
souri Valley, central, and western routes of the 
California Trail listed in subparagraph (B) and 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Western 
Emigrant Trails 1830/1870’ and dated 1991/ 
1993, and of such other and shared Missouri 
Valley, central, and western routes that the 
Secretary considers appropriate, to determine 
the feasibility and suitability of designation of 
one or more of the routes as components of the 
California National Historic Trail. 
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‘‘(B) COVERED ROUTES.—The routes to be 
studied under subparagraph (A) shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(i) MISSOURI VALLEY ROUTES.— 
‘‘(I) 
Blue 
Mills-Independence 
Road. 
‘‘(II) Westport Landing Road. 
‘‘(III) Westport-Lawrence Road. 
‘‘(IV) 
Fort 
Leavenworth-Blue 
River route. 
‘‘(V) Road to Amazonia. 
‘‘(VI) Union Ferry Route. 
‘‘(VII) Old Wyoming-Nebraska 
City cutoff. 
‘‘(VIII) 
Lower 
Plattsmouth 
Route. 
‘‘(IX) Lower Bellevue Route. 
‘‘(X) Woodbury cutoff. 
‘‘(XI) Blue Ridge cutoff. 
‘‘(XII) Westport Road. 
‘‘(XIII) Gum Springs-Fort Leav-
enworth route. 
‘‘(XIV) 
Atchison/Independence 
Creek routes. 
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‘‘(XV) Fort Leavenworth-Kansas 
River route. 
‘‘(XVI) Nebraska City cutoff 
routes. 
‘‘(XVII) 
Minersville-Nebraska 
City Road. 
‘‘(XVIII) 
Upper 
Plattsmouth 
route. 
‘‘(XIX) Upper Bellevue route. 
‘‘(ii) CENTRAL ROUTES.— 
‘‘(I) Cherokee Trail, including 
splits. 
‘‘(II) Weber Canyon route of 
Hastings cutoff. 
‘‘(III) Bishop Creek cutoff. 
‘‘(IV) McAuley cutoff. 
‘‘(V) Diamond Springs cutoff. 
‘‘(VI) Secret Pass. 
‘‘(VII) Greenhorn cutoff. 
‘‘(VIII) Central Overland Trail. 
‘‘(iii) WESTERN ROUTES.— 
‘‘(I) Bidwell-Bartleson route. 
‘‘(II) Georgetown/Dagget Pass 
Trail. 
‘‘(III) Big Trees Road. 
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‘‘(IV) Grizzly Flat cutoff. 
‘‘(V) Nevada City Road. 
‘‘(VI) Yreka Trail. 
‘‘(VII) Henness Pass route. 
‘‘(VIII) Johnson cutoff. 
‘‘(IX) Luther Pass Trail. 
‘‘(X) Volcano Road. 
‘‘(XI) 
Sacramento-Coloma 
Wagon Road. 
‘‘(XII) Burnett cutoff. 
‘‘(XIII) Placer County Road to 
Auburn. 
‘‘(6) MORMON
PIONEER
NATIONAL
HISTORIC 
TRAIL.— 
‘‘(A) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall undertake a study of the 
routes of the Mormon Pioneer Trail listed in 
subparagraph (B) and generally depicted in the 
map entitled ‘Western Emigrant Trails 1830/ 
1870’ and dated 1991/1993, and of such other 
routes of the Mormon Pioneer Trail that the 
Secretary considers appropriate, to determine 
the feasibility and suitability of designation of 
one or more of the routes as components of the 
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail. 
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‘‘(B) COVERED ROUTES.—The routes to be 
studied under subparagraph (A) shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(i) 1846 Subsequent routes A and B 
(Lucas and Clarke Counties, Iowa). 
‘‘(ii) 1856–57 Handcart route (Iowa 
City to Council Bluffs). 
‘‘(iii) Keokuk route (Iowa). 
‘‘(iv) 1847 Alternative Elkhorn and 
Loup River Crossings in Nebraska. 
‘‘(v) Fort Leavenworth Road; Ox Bow 
route and alternates in Kansas and Mis-
souri (Oregon and California Trail routes 
used by Mormon emigrants). 
‘‘(vi) 1850 Golden Pass Road in 
Utah. 
‘‘(7) SHARED CALIFORNIA AND OREGON TRAIL 
ROUTES.— 
‘‘(A) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall undertake a study of the 
shared routes of the California Trail and Or-
egon Trail listed in subparagraph (B) and gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘Western 
Emigrant Trails 1830/1870’ and dated 1991/ 
1993, and of such other shared routes that the 
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Secretary considers appropriate, to determine 
the feasibility and suitability of designation of 
one or more of the routes as shared components 
of the California National Historic Trail and 
the Oregon National Historic Trail. 
‘‘(B) COVERED ROUTES.—The routes to be 
studied under subparagraph (A) shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(i) St. Joe Road. 
‘‘(ii) Council Bluffs Road. 
‘‘(iii) Sublette cutoff. 
‘‘(iv) Applegate route. 
‘‘(v) Old Fort Kearny Road (Oxbow 
Trail). 
‘‘(vi) Childs cutoff. 
‘‘(vii) Raft River to Applegate.’’. 
Æ 
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