Eastern Legacy Extension Act

Bill: 116-s-167
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-01-16
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Indiana

Ohio

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Pennsylvania
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Eastern Legacy Extension Act</b></p> <p>This bill extends the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail by 1,200 miles&nbsp;from&nbsp;Wood River, Illinois, to&nbsp;the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 167 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2019 Mr. Young 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 extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eastern Legacy Extension Act . 2. Extension of Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail (a) Extension Section 5(a)(6) of the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(6) ) is amended, in the first sentence— (1) by striking three thousand seven hundred and inserting 4,900 ; (2) by striking Wood River, Illinois, and inserting the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ; and (3) by striking maps identified as, Vicinity Map, Lewis and Clark Trail study report dated April 1977 and inserting the map entitled Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Authorized Trail Including Proposed Eastern Legacy Extension, dated April 2018, and numbered 648/143721 . (b) Effective Date The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.