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Union Calendar No. 309 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3085 
[Report No. 109–549] 
To amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and 
suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National 
Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land 
components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2005 
Mr. WAMP (for himself, Mr. BERRY, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. 
BOREN, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mrs. EMERSON, 
Mr. SNYDER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. 
DUNCAN, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. TANNER, Mr. FORD, Mr. SUL-
LIVAN, Mr. LUCAS, and Mr. COLE of Oklahoma) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
JULY 10, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. LINDER and Mr. NORWOOD 
JULY 10, 2006 
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 June 28, 2005] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to update the 
feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for 
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the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and provide 
for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, 
and campgrounds associated with that 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, 
SECTION 1. REVISION OF FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY 
STUDY OF TRAIL OF TEARS NATIONAL HIS-
TORIC TRAIL. 
Section 5(a)(16) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(a)(16)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections’’ and inserting ‘‘sections’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) Not later than 6 months after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall com-
plete the remaining criteria and submit to Congress a study 
regarding the feasibility and suitability of designating, as 
additional components of the Trail of Tears National His-
toric Trail, the following routes and land components by 
which the Cherokee Nation was removed to Oklahoma: 
‘‘(i) The Benge and Bell routes. 
‘‘(ii) The land components of the designated 
water routes in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and 
Tennessee. 
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‘‘(iii) The routes from the collection forts in Ala-
bama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the 
emigration depots. 
‘‘(iv) The related campgrounds located along the 
routes and land components described in clauses (i) 
through (iii).’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 309 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3085 
[Report No. 109–549] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to up-
date the feasibility and suitability study origi-
nally prepared for the Trail of Tears National 
Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of 
new trail segments, land components, and camp-
grounds associated with that trail, and for other 
purposes. 
JULY 10, 2006 
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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