Pike National Historic Trail Study Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-524
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-03-12
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado

Historic sites and heritage areas

Kansas

Louisiana

Missouri

Nebraska

New Mexico

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Texas
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p> Pike National Historic Trail Study Act of 2013 - Amends the National Trails System Act to require a study for the designation of Pike's Trail, a series of routes that follow the route taken by Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike during the 1806-1807 Pike expedition that began in Fort Bellefontaine, Missouri, and ended in Natchitoches, Louisiana, as a national historic trail. </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 524 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 12, 2013 Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the study of the Pike National Historic Trail.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pike National Historic Trail Study Act of 2013 . 2. Western States Trail Study Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1244(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (46) Pike National Historic Trail The Pike National Historic Trail, a series of routes extending approximately 3,664 miles, which follows the route taken by Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike during the 1806–1807 Pike expedition that began in Fort Bellefontaine, Missouri, extended through portions of the States of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, and ended in Natchitoches, Louisiana. .