National Scenic Trails Parity Act

Bill: 117-hr-8189
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2022-06-22
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>National Scenic Trails Parity Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the North Country, Ice Age, and New England national scenic trails to be administered as units of the National Park System. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8189 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 22, 2022 Mr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. Grothman , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Kind , Mrs. Trahan , Mr. Meijer , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Courtney , Mr. Welch , and Ms. DeLauro ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To clarify the status of the North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Scenic Trails Parity Act . 2. North Country National Scenic Trail Section 5(a)(8) of the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(8) ) is amended in the third sentence by inserting as a unit of the National Park System before the period at the end. 3. Ice Age National Scenic Trail Section 5(a)(10) of the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(10) ) is amended by striking the third and fourth sentences and inserting The trail shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a unit of the National Park System. . 4. New England National Scenic Trail Section 5(a)(28) of the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(28) ) is amended in the third sentence by inserting as a unit of the National Park System, after administer the trail .