[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 651 Referred in House (RFH)]
1st Session
S. 651
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 18, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Resources
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AN ACT
To amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority
relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of
the trails in the System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``National Trails System Willing Seller
Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LANDS FROM WILLING SELLERS FOR CERTAIN
TRAILS.
(a) Oregon National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(3) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(3)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ``No lands or interests therein outside the
exterior boundaries of any Federally administered area may be acquired
by the Federal government for the trail except with the consent of the
owner thereof. The authority of the Federal government to acquire fee
title under this paragraph shall be limited to an average of not more
than one-quarter mile on either side of the trail.''.
(b) Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(4) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(4)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ``No lands or interests therein outside the
exterior boundaries of any Federally administered area may be acquired
by the Federal government for the trail except with the consent of the
owner thereof. The authority of the Federal government to acquire fee
title under this paragraph shall be limited to an average of not more
than one-quarter mile on either side of the trail.''.
(c) Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(5) of
the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(5)) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ``No lands or interests therein
outside the exterior boundaries of any Federally administered area may
be acquired by the Federal government for the trail except with the
consent of the owner thereof. The authority of the Federal government
to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited to an
average of not more than one-quarter mile on either side of the
trail.''.
(d) Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(6) of
the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(6)) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ``No lands or interests therein
outside the exterior boundaries of any Federally administered area may
be acquired by the Federal government for the trail except with the
consent of the owner thereof. The authority of the Federal government
to acquire fee title under this paragraph shall be limited to an
average of not more than one-quarter mile on either side of the
trail.''.
(e) Iditarod National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(7) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(7)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ``No lands or interests therein outside the
exterior boundaries of any Federally administered area may be acquired
by the Federal government for the trail except with the consent of the
owner thereof. The authority of the Federal government to acquire fee
title under this paragraph shall be limited to an average of not more
than one-quarter mile on either side of the trail.''.
(f) North Country National Scenic Trail.--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 lands or interests therein outside the
exterior boundaries of any Federally administered area may be acquired
by the Federal government for the trail except with the consent of the
owner thereof.''.
(g) 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 adding
at the end the following: ``No lands or interests therein outside the
exterior boundaries of any Federally administered area may be acquired
by the Federal government for the trail except with the consent of the
owner thereof.''.
(h) Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail.--Section 5(a)(11) of
the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(11)) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ``No lands or interests therein
outside the exterior boundaries of any Federally administered area may
be acquired by the Federal government for the trail except with the
consent of the owner thereof.''.
(i) Nez Perce National Historic Trail.--Section 5(a)(14) of the
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(14)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ``No lands or interests therein outside the
exterior boundaries of any Federally administered area may be acquired
by the Federal government for the trail except with the consent of the
owner thereof. The authority of the Federal government to acquire fee
title under this paragraph shall be limited to an average of not more
than one-quarter mile on either side of the trail.''.
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
Section 10(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1249(c))
is amended to read as follows:
``(c)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, there is
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to
implement the provisions of this Act relating to the trails designated
by section 5(a).
``(2) Not more than $500,000 may be appropriated for the purposes
of land acquisition and interests therein for the Natchez Trace
National Scenic Trail designated by section 5(a)(12) of this Act, and
not more than $2,000,000 may be appropriated for the purposes of the
development of such trail. The administering agency for
the trail shall encourage volunteer trail groups to participate in the
development of the trail.''.
Passed the Senate July 17, 2003.
Attest:
EMILY J. REYNOLDS,
Secretary.