North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

Bill: 113-hr-4736
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2014-05-22
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Minnesota

Outdoor recreation

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Vermont
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to extend the North Country National Scenic Trail into Vermont. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4736 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2014 Mr. Nolan (for himself, Mr. Welch , Mr. Peterson , Mr. Walz , Mr. Petri , Mr. Ellison , Ms. McCollum , and Mr. Paulsen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into Vermont to connect with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act . 2. Route adjustment Section 5(a)(8) of the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(8) ) is amended in the first sentence— (1) by striking thirty two hundred miles, extending from eastern New York State and inserting 4,600 miles, extending from the Appalachian Trail in Vermont ; and (2) by striking Proposed North Country Trail and all that follows through June 1975. and inserting North Country National Scenic Trail, Authorized Route dated February 2014, and numbered 649/116870. .