An act to amend the National Trails System Act by adding the California Trail to the study list, and for other purposes.
PL 98-405 (H.R.3787), enacted 08/28/1984

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PUBLIC LAW 98-405—AUG. 28, 1984 
98 STAT. 1483 
Public Law 98-405 
98th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the National Trails System Act by adding the California Trail to the study 
Aug. 28, 1984 
list, and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 3787] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 
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U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
97 Stat. 44. 
new paragraph: 
"(30) Pony Express Trail, extending from Saint Joseph, Missouri, 
Study. 
through Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, to 
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Sacramento, California, as indicated on a map labeled 'Potential 
Pony Express Trail', dated October 1983 and the California Trail, 
extending from the vicinity of Omaha, Nebraska, and Saint Joseph, 
Missouri, to various points in California, as indicated on a map 
labeled 'Potential California Trail' and dated August 1, 1983. Not-
withstanding subsection (b) of this section, the study under this 
paragraph shall be completed and submitted to the Congress no 
later than the end of two complete fiscal years beginning after the 
date of the enactment of this paragraph. Such study shall be sepa-
rated into two portions, one relating to the Pony Express Trail and 
one relating to the California Trail.". 
SEC. 2. (a) Recognition should be given to the regional significance 
Daniel Boone 
of the contributions of Daniel Boone in the exploration and settle- 
Heritage Trail. 
ment of the Nation to assure that a wider segment of the public be 
afforded the opportunity to share in Boone's contributions to Ameri-
ca's heritage through establishment of markings of a Daniel Boone 
Heritage Trail. 
(b) In order that significant route segments and sites, recognized 
as associated with Daniel Boone may be distinguished by suitable 
markers, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept the 
donations of such suitable markers for placement at appropriate 
locations on lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior, and 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture and other 
appropriate heads of Federal agencies, on lands under their jurisdic-
tion. The determination of the placement of markers to commemo-
rate the routes and sites of Daniel Boone shall be made by the 
Secretary of the Interior in consultation with appropriate private 
interests and affected local and State governments. 
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PUBLIC LAW 98-405—AUG. 28, 1984 
(c) The markers authorized by subsection (b) shall be placed in 
association with the Daniel Boone Trail identified on maps con-
tained in the study entitled "Final National Trail Study, August, 
1983, Daniel Boone" and submitted to the Congress pursuant to the 
provisions of section 5 of the National Trails Systems Act (16 U.S.C. 
1244). 
Effective date. 
SEC. 3. Any provision of this Act or any amendment made by this 
Act which, directly or indirectly, authorizes the enactment of new 
budget authority described in section 402(a) of the Congressional 
2 use 652. 
Budget Act of 1974 shall be effective only for fiscal years beginning 
after September 30,1984. 
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Approved August 28, 1984. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3787: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 98-719 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs.) 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-557 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources.) 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
Apr. 30, May 1, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 9, considered and passed Senate.