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Calendar No. 814 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1528 
[Report No. 110–382] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 31, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
JUNE 16, 2008 
Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
New England National Scenic 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New England National 
Scenic Trail Designation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION. 
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)
NEW
ENGLAND
NATIONAL
SCENIC 
TRAIL.—The New England National Scenic Trail, a 
continuous trail extending approximately 220 miles 
from the border of New Hampshire in the town of 
Royalston, Massachusetts to Long Island Sound in 
the town of Guilford, Connecticut, as generally de-
picted on the map titled ‘New England National 
Scenic
Trail
Proposed
Route’,
numbered
T06– 
80,000, and dated October 2007. The map shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the ap-
propriate offices of the National Park Service. The 
Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with Fed-
eral, State, tribal, regional, and local agencies, the 
Appalachian Mountain Club, the Connecticut Forest 
and Park Association, and other organizations, shall 
administer the trail consistent with the recommenda-
tions of the draft report titled the ‘Metacomet Mo-
nadnock Mattabesset Trail System National Scenic 
Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental Assess-
ment’, prepared by the National Park Service, and 
dated Spring 2006. The United States shall not ac-
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quire for the trail any land or interest in land with-
out the consent of the owner.’’. 
SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 
use the Trail Management Blueprint described in the draft 
report titled the ‘‘Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett 
Trail System National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study and 
Environmental Assessment’’, prepared by the National 
Park Service, and dated Spring 2006, as the framework 
for management and administration of the New England 
National Scenic Trail. Additional or more detailed plans 
for administration, management, protection, access, main-
tenance, or development of the trail may be developed con-
sistent with the Trail Management Blueprint, and as ap-
proved by the Secretary. 
(b) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL 
LAWS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), all designated 
and future designated lands within the New England Na-
tional Scenic Trail, including all Federal lands, shall be 
exclusively governed by relevant State and local laws re-
garding hunting, fishing, and the possession or use of a 
weapon (including concealed weapons), trap, or net. 
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