[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 5335 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. R. 5335
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 23 (legislative day, September 17), 2008
Received
October 2 (legislative day, September 17), 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
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AN ACT
To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the inclusion of
new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with
the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, 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 the ``Trail of Tears Documentation Act''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO TRAIL OF TEARS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.
Section 5(a)(16) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C.
1244(a)(16)) is amended as follows:
(1) By amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
``(C) In addition to the areas otherwise designated
under this paragraph, the following routes and land
components by which the Cherokee Nation was removed to
Oklahoma are components of the Trail of Tears National
Historic Trail, as generally described in the
environmentally preferred alternative of the November
2007 Feasibility Study Amendment and Environmental
Assessment for Trail of Tears National Historic Trail:
``(i) The Benge and Bell routes.
``(ii) The land components of the
designated water routes in Alabama, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
``(iii) The routes from the collection
forts in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and
Tennessee to the emigration depots.
``(iv) The related campgrounds located
along the routes and land components described
in clauses (i) through (iii).''.
(2) In subparagraph (D)--
(A) by striking the first sentence; and
(B) by adding at the end the following: ``No lands
or interests in lands outside the exterior boundaries
of any federally administered area may be acquired by
the Federal Government for the Trail of Tears National
Historic Trail except with the consent of the owner
thereof.''.
Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 2008.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.