A bill to reauthorize the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-3291
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-07-26
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas

Historical and cultural resources

Land use and conservation

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

New Jersey

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Roads and highways

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill reauthorizes the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route through FY2025. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3291 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 26, 2018 Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Booker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To reauthorize the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, and for other purposes.

1. New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route (a) Reauthorization Section 6 of Public Law 100–515 ( 16 U.S.C. 1244 note) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a); (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; (3) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking under subsection (a) each place that it appears and inserting to carry out this Act ; and (4) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking 2011 and inserting 2025 . (b) Strategic plan (1) In general (A) Plan required Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are first made available after the date of enactment of this Act to carry out Public Law 100–515 ( 16 U.S.C. 1244 note), the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a strategic plan for the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route. (B) Contents The strategic plan shall describe— (i) opportunities to increase participation by national and local private and public interests in the planning, development, and administration of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route; and (ii) organizational options for sustaining the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route. (2) Conforming amendment Section 703(b) of the National Heritage Areas Act of 2006 ( Public Law 109–338 ; 120 Stat. 1859) is repealed.