[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 1528 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 814
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1528
[Report No. 110-382]
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 31, 2008
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
June 16, 2008
Reported by Mr. Bingaman, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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AN ACT
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the New England
National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``New England National Scenic
Trail Designation Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C.
1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(</DELETED>__<DELETED>) New england national
scenic trail.--The New England National Scenic Trail, a
continuous trail extending approximately 220 miles from the
border of New Hampshire in the town of Royalston, Massachusetts
to Long Island Sound in the town of Guilford, Connecticut, as
generally depicted on the map titled `New England National
Scenic Trail Proposed Route', numbered T06-80,000, and dated
October 2007. The map shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service. The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with
Federal, State, tribal, regional, and local agencies, the
Appalachian Mountain Club, the Connecticut Forest and Park
Association, and other organizations, shall administer the
trail consistent with the recommendations of the draft report
titled the `Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesset Trail System
National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental
Assessment', prepared by the National Park Service, and dated
Spring 2006. The United States shall not acquire for the trail
any land or interest in land without the consent of the
owner.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter
in this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall use the Trail
Management Blueprint described in the draft report titled the
``Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett Trail System National Scenic Trail
Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment'', prepared by the
National Park Service, and dated Spring 2006, as the framework for
management and administration of the New England National Scenic Trail.
Additional or more detailed plans for administration, management,
protection, access, maintenance, or development of the trail may be
developed consistent with the Trail Management Blueprint, and as
approved by the Secretary.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Application of Certain State and Local Laws.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), all designated and future designated
lands within the New England National Scenic Trail, including all
Federal lands, shall be exclusively governed by relevant State and
local laws regarding hunting, fishing, and the possession or use of a
weapon (including concealed weapons), trap, or net.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative
agreements with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (and its political
subdivisions), the State of Connecticut (and its political
subdivisions), the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Connecticut Forest
and Park Association, and other regional, local, and private
organizations deemed necessary and desirable to accomplish cooperative
trail administrative, management, and protection objectives consistent
with the Trail Management Blueprint. An agreement under this section
may include provisions for limited financial assistance to encourage
participation in the planning, acquisition, protection, operation,
development, or maintenance of the trail.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TRAIL SEGMENTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Pursuant to section 6 of the National Trails System Act,
the Secretary is encouraged to work with the State of New Hampshire and
appropriate local and private organizations to include that portion of
the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail in New Hampshire (which lies between
Royalston, Massachusetts and Jaffrey, New Hampshire) as a component of
the New England National Scenic Trail. Inclusion of this segment, as
well as other potential side or connecting trails, is contingent upon
written application to the Secretary by appropriate State and local
jurisdictions and a finding by the Secretary that trail management and
administration is consistent with the Trail Management
Blueprint.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``New England National Scenic Trail
Designation Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(27) New england national scenic trail.--The New England
National Scenic Trail, a continuous trail extending
approximately 220 miles from the border of New Hampshire in the
town of Royalston, Massachusetts to Long Island Sound in the
town of Guilford, Connecticut, as generally depicted on the map
titled `New England National Scenic Trail Proposed Route',
numbered T06/80,000, and dated October 2007. The map shall be
on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate
offices of the National Park Service. The Secretary of the
Interior, in consultation with appropriate Federal, State,
tribal, regional, and local agencies, and other organizations,
shall administer the trail after considering the
recommendations of the report titled the `Metacomet Monadnock
Mattabesset Trail System National Scenic Trail Feasibility
Study and Environmental Assessment', prepared by the National
Park Service, and dated Spring 2006. The United States shall
not acquire for the trail any land or interest in land without
the consent of the owner.''.
SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT.
The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act referred to as
the ``Secretary'') shall consider the actions outlined in the Trail
Management Blueprint described in the report titled the ``Metacomet
Monadnock Mattabesett Trail System National Scenic Trail Feasibility
Study and Environmental Assessment'', prepared by the National Park
Service, and dated Spring 2006, as the framework for management and
administration of the New England National Scenic Trail. Additional or
more detailed plans for administration, management, protection, access,
maintenance, or development of the trail may be developed consistent
with the Trail Management Blueprint, and as approved by the Secretary.
SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements
with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (and its political
subdivisions), the State of Connecticut (and its political
subdivisions), and other regional, local, and private organizations
deemed necessary and desirable to accomplish cooperative trail
administrative, management, and protection objectives consistent with
the Trail Management Blueprint. An agreement under this section may
include provisions for limited financial assistance to encourage
participation in the planning, acquisition, protection, operation,
development, or maintenance of the trail.
SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TRAIL SEGMENTS.
Pursuant to section 6 of the National Trails System Act, the
Secretary is encouraged to work with the State of New Hampshire and
appropriate local and private organizations to include that portion of
the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail in New Hampshire (which lies between
Royalston, Massachusetts and Jaffrey, New Hampshire) as a component of
the New England National Scenic Trail. Inclusion of this segment, as
well as other potential side or connecting trails, is contingent upon
written application to the Secretary by appropriate State and local
jurisdictions and a finding by the Secretary that trail management and
administration is consistent with the Trail Management Blueprint.
Calendar No. 814
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1528
[Report No. 110-382]
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the New England
National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
June 16, 2008
Reported with an amendment