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Union Calendar No. 512 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1026 
[Report No. 115–667] 
To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail 
in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into Vermont to 
connect with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2017 
Mr. NOLAN (for himself, Mr. WELCH, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
PETERSON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. WALZ, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MEEKS, 
Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. KILDEE, 
Mr. BEYER, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. FASO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 
SENSENBRENNER, and Mr. PAULSEN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
MAY 10, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. KATKO, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. 
GROTHMAN, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. BERGMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. KIND, Mr. COLLINS of 
New York, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, 
Mr. POCAN, Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota, and Mr. EMMER 
MAY 10, 2018 
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 February 13, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To revise the authorized route of the North Country National 
Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend 
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National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘North Country National 
Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ROUTE ADJUSTMENT. 
Section 5(a)(8) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(a)(8)) is amended in the first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘thirty-two hundred miles, ex-
tending from eastern New York State’’ and inserting 
‘‘4,600 miles, extending from the Appalachian Trail 
in Vermont’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Proposed North Country Trail’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘June 1975.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘ ‘North Country National Scenic Trail, Author-
ized Route’, dated February 2014, and numbered 649/ 
116870.’’. 
SEC. 3. LAND ACQUISITION. 
Neither the Secretary of Agriculture nor the Secretary 
of the Interior may acquire for the North Country National 
Scenic Trail land in Minnesota or Vermont that was ob-
tained through condemnation by a State or local govern-
ment. 
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SEC. 4. ENERGY. 
Nothing in the amendments made by this Act that 
change the authorized route of the North Country National 
Scenic Trail in Minnesota or Vermont shall prohibit the 
development, production, conveyance, or transmission of en-
ergy in those States, with reasonable efforts made to pre-
serve the nature and purpose of the North Country National 
Scenic Trail, and to mitigate any damage to that trail and 
its associated resources caused by such activities. 
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Union Calendar No. 512 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1026 
[Report No. 115–667] 
A BILL 
To revise the authorized route of the North Coun-
try National Scenic Trail in northeastern Min-
nesota and to extend the trail into Vermont to 
connect with the Appalachian National Scenic 
Trail, and for other purposes. 
MAY 10, 2018 
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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