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Calendar No. 576
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 37
[Report No. 107–259]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 7, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
SEPTEMBER 9, 2002
Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
To amend the National Trails System Act to update the
feasibility and suitability studies of 4 national historic
trails and provide for possible additions to such trails.
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. REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY
STUDIES OF EXISTING NATIONAL HISTORIC
TRAILS.
The National Trails System Act is amended by in-
serting after section 5 (16 U.S.C. 1244) the following new
section:
‘‘SEC.
5A.
REVISION
OF
FEASIBILITY
AND
SUITABILITY
STUDIES OF EXISTING TRAILS FOR POSSIBLE
TRAIL EXPANSION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(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)
STUDY
REQUIREMENTS
AND
OBJEC-
TIVES.—The study requirements and objectives spec-
ified in section 5(b) shall apply to a study required
by this section. The study shall also assess the effect
that designation of the studied route as a component
of an existing national scenic trail or national his-
toric trail may have on private property along the
proposed route.
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‘‘(3)
COMPLETION
AND
SUBMISSION
OF
STUDY.—A study listed in this section shall be com-
pleted and submitted to the Congress not later than
three complete fiscal years from the date of the en-
actment of this section, or from the date of the en-
actment of the addition of the study to this section,
whichever is later.
‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDY RESULTS.—
Upon completion of a study required by this section,
if the Secretary conducting the study determines
that a studied route is a feasible and suitable addi-
tion to the existing national scenic trail or national
historic trail that was the subject of the study, the
Secretary shall designate the route as a component
of that national scenic trail or national historic trail.
The Secretary shall publish notice of the designation
in the Federal Register.
‘‘(b) OREGON NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.—
‘‘(1) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the
Interior shall undertake a study of the routes of the
Oregon Trail listed in paragraph (2) and generally
depicted on the map entitled ‘Western Emigrant
Trails 1830/1870’ and dated 1991/1993, and of
such shared routes that the Secretary considers ap-
propriate, to determine the feasibility and suitability
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of designation of one or more of the routes as com-
ponents of the Oregon National Historic Trail.
‘‘(2) COVERED
ROUTES.—The routes to be
studied under paragraph (1) are the following:
‘‘(A) Whitman Mission route.
‘‘(B) Upper Columbia River.
‘‘(C) Cowlitz River route.
‘‘(D) Meek cutoff.
‘‘(E) Free Emigrant Road.
‘‘(F) North Alternate Oregon Trail.
‘‘(G) Goodale’s cutoff.
‘‘(H) North Side alternate route.
‘‘(I) Cutoff to Barlow Road.
‘‘(J) Naches Pass Trail.
‘‘(c) PONY EXPRESS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.—
The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a study of
the approximately 20-mile southern alternative route of
the Pony Express Trail from Wathena, Kansas, to Troy,
Kansas, and such shared routes that the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, to determine the feasibility and suit-
ability of designation of one or more of the routes as com-
ponents of the Pony Express National Historic Trail.
‘‘(d) CALIFORNIA NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.—
‘‘(1) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the
Interior shall undertake a study of the Missouri Val-
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ley, central, and western routes of the California
Trail listed in paragraph (2) and generally depicted
on the map entitled ‘Western Emigrant Trails 1830/
1870’ and dated 1991/1993, and of such 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.
‘‘(2) COVERED
ROUTES.—The routes to be
studied under paragraph (1) are the following:
‘‘(A) 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.
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‘‘(xii) Westport Road.
‘‘(xiii)
Gum
Springs–Fort
Leaven-
worth route.
‘‘(xiv)
Atchison/Independence
Creek
routes.
‘‘(xv) Fort Leavenworth–Kansas River
route.
‘‘(xvi) Nebraska City cutoff routes.
‘‘(xvii)
Minersville–Nebraska
City
Road.
‘‘(xviii) Upper Plattsmouth route.
‘‘(xix) Upper Bellevue route.
‘‘(B) 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.
‘‘(C) WESTERN ROUTES.—
‘‘(i) Bidwell–Bartleson route.
‘‘(ii) Georgetown/Dagget Pass Trail.
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‘‘(2) COVERED
ROUTES.—The routes to be
studied under paragraph (1) are the following:
‘‘(A) 1846 Subsequent routes A and B
(Lucas and Clarke Counties, Iowa).
‘‘(B) 1856–57 Handcart route (Iowa City
to Council Bluffs)
‘‘(C) Keokuk route (Iowa).
‘‘(D) 1847 Alternative Elkhorn and Loup
River Crossings in Nebraska.
‘‘(E) Fort Leavenworth Road; Ox Bow
route and alternates in Kansas and Missouri
(Oregon and California Trail routes used by
Mormon emigrants).
‘‘(F) 1850 Golden Pass Road in Utah.
‘‘(f)
SHARED
CALIFORNIA
AND
OREGON
TRAIL
ROUTES.—
‘‘(1) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the
Interior shall undertake a study of the shared routes
of the California Trail and Oregon Trail listed in
paragraph (2) and generally depicted on the map en-
titled ‘Western Emigrant Trails 1830/1870’ and
dated 1991/1993, and of such other shared routes
that the Secretary considers appropriate, to deter-
mine the feasibility and suitability of designation of
one or more of the routes as shared components of
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the California National Historic Trail and the Or-
egon National Historic Trail.
‘‘(2) COVERED
ROUTES.—The routes to be
studied under paragraph (1) are the following:
‘‘(A) St. Joe Road.
‘‘(B) Council Bluffs Road.
‘‘(C) Sublette cutoff.
‘‘(D) Applegate route.
‘‘(E)
Old
Fort
Kearny
Road
(Oxbow
Trail).
‘‘(F) Childs cutoff.
‘‘(G) Raft River to Applegate.’’.
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 sub-
section(g):
‘‘(g) The Secretary shall revise the feasibility and suit-
ability studies for certain national trails for consideration
of possible additions to the trails.
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(i) ROUTE.—The term ‘route’ includes
a trail segment common known as a cutoff.
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‘‘(ii) 
SHARED
ROUTE.—The 
term
‘shared’ route means a route that was a seg-
ment of more than one historic trail, in-
cluding a route shared with an existing na-
tional historic trail.
‘‘(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 the Congress not
later than three complete fiscal years from the
date of the enactment of this subsection, or from
the date of the enactment of the addition of the
study to this subsection, whichever is later.
‘‘(2) OREGON NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.—
‘‘(A) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of
the Interior shall undertake a study of the routes
of the Oregon 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 routes of the Or-
egon Trail that the Secretary considers appro-
priate, to determine the feasibility and suit-
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ability of designation of one or more of the
routes as components of the Oregon National
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.
‘‘(3) 
PONY
EXPRESS
NATIONAL
HISTORIC
TRAIL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake
a study of the approximately 20-mile southern alter-
native 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 ap-
propriate, to determine the feasibility and suitability
of designation of one or more of the routes as compo-
nents of the Pony Express National Historic Trail.
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‘‘(4) 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 Sec-
retary considers appropriate, to determine the
feasibility and suitability of designation of one
or more of the routes as components of the Cali-
fornia National Historic Trail.
‘‘(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.
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‘‘(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.
‘‘(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.
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‘‘(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.
‘‘(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.
‘‘(5) MORMON
PIONEER
NATIONAL
HISTORIC
TRAIL.—
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‘‘(A) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of
the Interior shall undertake a study of the routes
of the Mormon Pioneer Trail listed in subpara-
graph (B) and generally depicted on the map en-
titled ‘Western Emigrant Trails 1830/1870’ and
dated 1991/1993, and of such other routes of the
Mormon Pioneer 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 Mormon Pioneer
National Historic Trail.
‘‘(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).
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‘‘(vi) 1850 Golden Pass Road in Utah.
‘‘(6) 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 Oregon Trail
listed in subparagraph (B) and generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘Western Emigrant
Trails 1830/1870’ and dated 1991/1993, and of
such other shared routes that the Secretary con-
siders 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.
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‘‘(vii) Raft River to Applegate.’’
Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 576
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 37
[Report No. 107–259]
AN ACT
To amend the National Trails System Act to up-
date the feasibility and suitability studies of 4
national historic trails and provide for possible
additions to such trails.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2002
Reported with an amendment