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Union Calendar No. 467 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1286 
[Report No. 110–736] 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington- 
Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2007 
Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 
MORAN of Virginia, Mr. OBERSTAR, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SERRANO, and 
Mr. SNYDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
JULY 8, 2008 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BISHOP 
of New York, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. FATTAH, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. WELCH of 
Vermont, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. HALL of 
New York, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. 
SESTAK, and Mr. WITTMAN of Virginia 
JULY 8, 2008 
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 the introduced bill, see bill as introduced on March 1, 2007] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
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Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National 
Historic Trail. 
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 ‘‘Washington-Rocham-
beau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designa-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL 
HISTORIC TRAILS. 
Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ll) WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVOLUTIONARY 
ROUTE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Washington-Rocham-
beau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail, a 
corridor of approximately 600 miles following the 
route taken by the armies of General George Wash-
ington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, 
Rhode Island, and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 
1782, as generally depicted on the map titled ‘Wash-
ington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National 
Historic Trail’, numbered T01/80,001, and dated 
June, 2007. 
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‘‘(B) MAP.—The map referred to in subpara-
graph (A) shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in the appropriate offices of the National 
Park Service. 
‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail shall be ad-
ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, in con-
sultation with— 
‘‘(i) other Federal, State, tribal, regional, 
and local agencies; and 
‘‘(ii) the private sector. 
‘‘(D) LAND
ACQUISITION.—The United States 
shall not acquire for the trail any land or interest in 
land outside the exterior boundary of any federally- 
managed area without the consent of the owner of the 
land or interest in land.’’. 
SEC. 3. ENERGY. 
Nothing in the amendment made by section 2 of this 
Act shall prohibit or hinder the development, production, 
conveyance, or transmission of energy. 
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Union Calendar No. 467 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1286 
[Report No. 110–736] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to des-
ignate 
the 
Washington-Rochambeau 
Revolu-
tionary Route National Historic Trail. 
JULY 8, 2008 
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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