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Union Calendar No. 160 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 481 
[Report No. 111–290] 
To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail 
in northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along Lake 
Superior’s north shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa 
National Forest, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2009 
Mr. OBERSTAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
OCTOBER 8, 2009 
Additional sponsors: Mr. ELLISON, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. 
MASSA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mr. WALZ 
OCTOBER 8, 2009 
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 January 13, 2009] 
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A BILL 
To revise the authorized route of the North Country National 
Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota to include exist-
ing hiking trails along Lake Superior’s north shore and 
in Superior National Forest and Chippewa National For-
est, 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 of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. ROUTE REAUTHORIZATION. 
Section 5(a)(8) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(a)(8)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘thirty-two hundred miles’’ and 
inserting ‘‘4,600 miles’’; 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 16, 2005, and numbered 
649/80,002.’’. 
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 that was obtained through condemnation 
by a State or local government. 
SEC. 4. ENERGY. 
Nothing in the Act or the amendments made by this 
Act shall prohibit or hinder the development, production, 
conveyance, or transmission of energy. 
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Union Calendar No. 160 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 481 
[Report No. 111–290] 
A BILL 
To revise the authorized route of the North Coun-
try National Scenic Trail in northeastern Min-
nesota to include existing hiking trails along 
Lake Superior’s north shore and in Superior Na-
tional Forest and Chippewa National Forest, and 
for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 8, 2009 
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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