S.Amdt. 3089

SA 3089. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, and Ms. Baldwin)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2953
proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the
modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 44___. NORTH COUNTRY NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL.

(a) 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

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(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.''.
(b) No Condemnation.--Section 5(a)(8) of the National
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(8)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ``No land or interest in land
outside of the exterior boundary of any Federally
administered area may be acquired by the Federal Government
for the trail by condemnation.''.
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