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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4864 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility 
of establishing the Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor in 
Alabama and Georgia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2006 
Mr. EVERETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 
and feasibility of establishing the Chattahoochee Trace 
National Heritage Corridor in Alabama and Georgia, 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chattahoochee Trace 
National Heritage Corridor Study Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) CORRIDOR.—The term ‘‘Corridor’’ means 
the Chattahoochee National Heritage Corridor. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) STUDY
AREA.—The term ‘‘study area’’ 
means the study area described in section 3(b). 
SEC. 3. STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with State historic preservation officers, State historical 
societies, State tourism offices, and other appropriate or-
ganizations or agencies, shall conduct a study to assess 
the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area 
as the Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREA.—The study area 
shall include the portion of the Apalachicola-Chattahoo-
chee-Flint River Basin and surrounding areas that are 
comprised of the following: 
(1)(A) The cities, towns, unincorporated com-
munities, and military bases of LaFayette, Lanett, 
Valley, Waverly, Oak Bowery, Stroud, Opelika, Au-
burn, Lochapoka, Salem, Smiths, Phenix City, Fort 
Mitchell, 
Spring 
Hill, 
Rutherford, 
Hurtsboro, 
Pittsview, Uchee, Glenville, Seale, Cottonton, Comer, 
Batesville, 
Eufaula, 
Clayton, 
Louisville, 
Clio, 
Bakerhill, Blue Springs, Ariton, Skipperville, Ozark, 
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Midland City, Fort Rucker, Newton, Daleville, Abbe-
ville, Lawrenceville, Haleburg, Shorterville, Newville, 
Tumbleton, Headland, Columbia, Kinsey, Cotton-
wood, Ashford, Madrid, Gordon, and Dothan, Ala-
bama. 
(B) Chambers, Lee, Russell, Barbour, Dale, 
Henry, and Houston counties in the State of Ala-
bama. 
(2)(A) The cities, towns, unincorporated com-
munities, and military bases of Hogansville, La-
Grange, Whitesville, Mountville, West Point, Pine 
Mountain, Hamilton, Waverly Hall, Ellerslie, Mul-
berry Grove, Columbus, Cusseta, Fort Benning, 
Omaha, Florence, Richland, Louvale, Brooklyn, 
Lumpkin, Georgetown, Morris, Springvale, Cuthbert, 
Shellman, Coleman, Fort Gaines, Bluffton, Cedar 
Springs, Saffold, Colomokee, Damascus, Blakely, 
Hilton, Donalsonville, Iron City, Reynoldsville, 
Brinson, Bainbridge, Faceville, Fowlstown, Climax, 
and Attapulgus, Georgia. 
(B) Troup, Harris, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, 
Stewart, Randolph, Clay, Quitman, Early, Seminole, 
and Decatur counties in the State of Georgia. 
(3) Other areas in the State of Alabama or 
Georgia that— 
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(A) have heritage aspects that are similar 
to the aspects of the areas described in para-
graph (1) or (2); and 
(B) are adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, 
the areas. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The study shall include anal-
ysis, documentation, and determinations on whether the 
study area— 
(1) has an assemblage of natural, historic, and 
cultural resources that— 
(A) represent distinctive aspects of the her-
itage of the United States; 
(B) are worthy of recognition, conserva-
tion, interpretation, and continuing use; and 
(C) would be best managed— 
(i) through partnerships among public 
and private entities; and 
(ii) by linking diverse and sometimes 
noncontiguous resources and active com-
munities; 
(2) reflects traditions, customs, beliefs, and 
folklife that are a valuable part of the story of the 
United States; 
(3) provides— 
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(A) outstanding opportunities to conserve 
natural, historic, cultural, or scenic features; 
and 
(B) outstanding recreational and edu-
cational opportunities; 
(4) contains resources that— 
(A) are important to any identified themes 
of the study area; and 
(B) retain a degree of integrity capable of 
supporting interpretation; 
(5) includes residents, business interests, non-
profit organizations, and State and local govern-
ments that— 
(A) are involved in the planning of the 
Corridor; 
(B) have developed a conceptual financial 
plan that outlines the roles of all participants in 
the Corridor, including the Federal Govern-
ment; and 
(C) have demonstrated support for the des-
ignation of the Corridor; 
(6) has a potential management entity to work 
in partnership with the individuals and entities de-
scribed in paragraph (5) to develop the Corridor 
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