Pike National Historic Trail Study Act

Bill: 116-s-57
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2019-01-08
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado

Historic sites and heritage areas

Kansas

Louisiana

Military history

Missouri

Nebraska

New Mexico

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Pike National Historic Trail Study Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the National Park Service to study&nbsp;the Pike National Historic Trail for designation as a national scenic trail. The trail consists of a series of routes extending approximately 3,664 miles that follows the route taken by Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike during the 1806-1807 Pike expedition that began in Fort Bellefontaine, Missouri, and continued through parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, before ending in Natchitoches, Louisiana. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 57 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 8, 2019 Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Gardner ) 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 . 2. Pike National Historic 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. .