North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

Bill: 116-hr-1216
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-13
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Minnesota

Outdoor recreation

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Vermont
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act</b></p> <p> This bill revises the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail to extend it to the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and to modify the route in northeastern Minnesota. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1216 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2019 Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Stauber , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Pocan , Ms. McCollum , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Beyer , Mrs. Craig , Mr. Collins of New York , and Mr. Grothman ) 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. .