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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 247 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Chisholm National |
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| 6 | 6 | | Historic Trail and the Western National Historic Trail, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY10, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. E |
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| 11 | 11 | | STESintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Natural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Chisholm National Historic Trail and the Western Na- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tional Historic Trail, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chisholm National 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Historic Trail and Western National Historic Trail Des-5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ignation Act’’. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF THE CHISHOLM NATIONAL HIS-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | TORIC TRAIL AND THE WESTERN NATIONAL 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | HISTORIC TRAIL. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | lowing: 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(l) C |
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| 33 | 33 | | HISHOLM NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL ; 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | WESTERN NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL .— 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(A) E |
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| 36 | 36 | | STABLISHMENT.— 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(i) C |
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| 38 | 38 | | HISHOLM NATIONAL HISTORIC 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | TRAIL.—The Chisholm National Historic 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Trail, a trail most heavily used by ranchers 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | and drovers to move cattle to market be-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tween 1867 and 1884, extending along a 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | route of approximately 1,378 miles from 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Kingsville, Texas, through Cuero and San 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Antonio, Texas, northward through Okla-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | homa to Abilene, Kansas, as generally de-18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | picted on the maps numbered 1 through 6 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | contained in the report prepared by the 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | National Park Service entitled ‘Chisholm 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and Great Western National Historic Trail 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Feasibility Study/Environmental Assess-23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ment’ and dated May 2019. 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(ii) W |
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| 54 | 54 | | ESTERN NATIONAL HISTORIC 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | TRAIL.—The Western National Historic 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Trail, a trail most heavily used by ranchers 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | and drovers to move cattle to market be-2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tween 1874 and 1897, extending along a 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | route of approximately 1,350 miles from 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Kingsville, Texas, northward through Okla-5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | homa and Dodge City, Kansas, to Ogallala, 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Nebraska, as generally depicted on the 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | maps numbered 1 through 6 contained in 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | the report prepared by the National Park 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Service entitled ‘Chisholm and Great West-10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ern National Historic Trail Feasibility 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Study/Environmental Assessment’ and 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | dated May 2019. 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 73 | 73 | | VAILABILITY OF MAP.—The maps 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | and available for public inspection in the appro-16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | priate offices of the Department of the Interior. 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(C) A |
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| 78 | 78 | | DMINISTRATION.— 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 80 | 80 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary of 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | the Interior shall administer the trails es-20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | tablished by subparagraph (A) as a single 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | administrative unit. 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘(ii) A |
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| 85 | 85 | | DMINISTRATION OF PORTIONS 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | OF TRAIL ON NON-FEDERAL LAND.— 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(I) REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMIN -1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ISTRATION.—The Secretary of the In-2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | terior shall administer any portion of 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | a trail established by subparagraph 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (A) that is located on non-Federal 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | land only— 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ‘‘(aa) with the voluntary 7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | consent of the owner of the non- 8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | Federal land; and 9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ‘‘(bb) if the portion qualifies 10 |
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| 100 | 100 | | for certification as a component 11 |
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| 101 | 101 | | of the applicable trail, consistent 12 |
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| 102 | 102 | | with section 3(a)(3). 13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ‘‘(II) C |
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| 104 | 104 | | ERTIFICATION AGREE -14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | MENT.— 15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘(aa) I |
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| 107 | 107 | | N GENERAL.—The 16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | approval by an owner of applica-17 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ble non-Federal land of a certifi-18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | cation agreement shall satisfy the 19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | consent requirements of sub-20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | clause (I)(aa). 21 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ‘‘(bb) T |
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| 114 | 114 | | ERMINATION.—A 22 |
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| 115 | 115 | | certification agreement referred 23 |
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| 116 | 116 | | to in item (aa) may be termi-24 |
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| 117 | 117 | | nated at any time. 25 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ‘‘(iii) ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROP -1 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ERTY.—The establishment of a trail by 2 |
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| 123 | 123 | | subparagraph (A) does not authorize any 3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | person to enter private property without 4 |
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| 125 | 125 | | the consent of the owner of the private 5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | property. 6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(iv) R |
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| 128 | 128 | | ECOGNITION OF ALTERNATIVE 7 |
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| 129 | 129 | | NAMES FOR TRAILS .—In referring to a 8 |
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| 130 | 130 | | trail established by subparagraph (A) in 9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | maps and other documents, the Secretary 10 |
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| 132 | 132 | | of the Interior may acknowledge and use 11 |
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| 133 | 133 | | any alternative name that was historically 12 |
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| 134 | 134 | | used to reference the trail, including the 13 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ‘Great Western Trail’. 14 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ‘‘(D) L |
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| 137 | 137 | | AND ACQUISITION.— 15 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ‘‘(i) D |
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| 139 | 139 | | ONATION.—The Secretary of 16 |
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| 140 | 140 | | the Interior may accept a donation of land 17 |
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| 141 | 141 | | or an interest in land for a trail estab-18 |
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| 142 | 142 | | lished by subparagraph (A). 19 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ‘‘(ii) L |
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| 144 | 144 | | IMITATION.—The Secretary of 20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | the Interior may not acquire for a trail es-21 |
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| 146 | 146 | | tablished by subparagraph (A) any land or 22 |
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| 147 | 147 | | interest in land— 23 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ‘‘(I) that is located outside the 24 |
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| 149 | 149 | | exterior boundary of any federally 25 |
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| 153 | 153 | | managed area without the consent of 1 |
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| 154 | 154 | | the owner of the land or interest in 2 |
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| 155 | 155 | | land; or 3 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ‘‘(II) that extends more than an 4 |
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| 157 | 157 | | average of |
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| 158 | 158 | | 1 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ∕4of a mile on either side 5 |
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| 160 | 160 | | of a trail established by subparagraph 6 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (A). 7 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘(E) E |
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| 163 | 163 | | FFECT ON ENERGY DEVELOPMENT , 8 |
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| 164 | 164 | | PRODUCTION, OR TRANSMISSION.—Nothing in 9 |
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| 165 | 165 | | this paragraph, the acquisition of land or an in-10 |
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| 166 | 166 | | terest in land authorized by this paragraph, or 11 |
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| 167 | 167 | | any management plan for a trail established by 12 |
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| 168 | 168 | | subparagraph (A) prohibits, hinders, or dis-13 |
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| 169 | 169 | | rupts the development, production, or trans-14 |
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| 170 | 170 | | mission of energy. 15 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ‘‘(F) N |
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| 172 | 172 | | O BUFFER ZONES.— 16 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 174 | 174 | | N GENERAL.—Nothing in this 17 |
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| 175 | 175 | | paragraph, the acquisition of land or an in-18 |
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| 176 | 176 | | terest in land authorized by this para-19 |
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| 177 | 177 | | graph, or any management plan for a trail 20 |
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| 178 | 178 | | established by subparagraph (A) creates a 21 |
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| 179 | 179 | | buffer zone. 22 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(ii) O |
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| 181 | 181 | | UTSIDE ACTIVITIES.—The fact 23 |
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| 182 | 182 | | that an activity or use on land outside a 24 |
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| 183 | 183 | | trail established by subparagraph (A) can 25 |
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| 187 | 187 | | be seen, heard, or detected from the appli-1 |
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| 188 | 188 | | cable trail, including from any land or in-2 |
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| 189 | 189 | | terest in land acquired for the applicable 3 |
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| 190 | 190 | | trail, shall not preclude, limit, control, reg-4 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ulate, or determine the conduct or manage-5 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ment of the activity or use outside the ap-6 |
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| 193 | 193 | | plicable trail. 7 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘(G) N |
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| 195 | 195 | | O EMINENT DOMAIN OR CONDEMNA -8 |
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| 196 | 196 | | TION.—Land or an interest in land may not be 9 |
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| 197 | 197 | | acquired for a trail established by subparagraph 10 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (A) by eminent domain or condemnation. 11 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ‘‘(H) I |
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| 200 | 200 | | NVENTORY OF SITES ; ADMINISTRA-12 |
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| 201 | 201 | | TIVE COSTS.—The Secretary of the Interior 13 |
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| 202 | 202 | | shall be responsible for— 14 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ‘‘(i) the costs of any inventory to iden-15 |
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| 204 | 204 | | tify and define potential sites and seg-16 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ments for inclusion in a trail established by 17 |
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| 206 | 206 | | subparagraph (A); and 18 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(ii) any other applicable administra-19 |
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| 208 | 208 | | tive costs relating to a trail established by 20 |
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| 209 | 209 | | that subparagraph. 21 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(I) N |
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| 211 | 211 | | OT A DESIGNATION OF ‘LANDS IN 22 |
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| 212 | 212 | | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ’.—Notwith-23 |
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| 213 | 213 | | standing any other provision of law, the estab-24 |
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| 214 | 214 | | lishment of a trail by subparagraph (A) shall 25 |
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| 218 | 218 | | not have the effect of designating the trail or 1 |
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| 219 | 219 | | any land on which the trail is located as ‘lands 2 |
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| 220 | 220 | | in the National Park System’ for purposes of 3 |
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| 221 | 221 | | section 28(b)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 4 |
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| 222 | 222 | | U.S.C. 185(b)(1)). 5 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ‘‘(J) N |
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| 224 | 224 | | O NEW AUTHORITIES OR PER -6 |
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| 225 | 225 | | MITS.— 7 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(i) N |
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| 227 | 227 | | O EFFECT ON AUTHORITY TO 8 |
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| 228 | 228 | | GRANT EASEMENTS OR RIGHTS -OF-WAY.— 9 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ‘‘(I) I |
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| 230 | 230 | | N GENERAL .—Notwith-10 |
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| 231 | 231 | | standing any other provision of law, 11 |
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| 232 | 232 | | the establishment of a trail by sub-12 |
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| 233 | 233 | | paragraph (A) shall not alter or affect 13 |
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| 234 | 234 | | the existing authority of any Federal, 14 |
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| 235 | 235 | | State, or local agency or official to 15 |
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| 236 | 236 | | grant easements or rights-of-way over, 16 |
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| 237 | 237 | | under, across, or along any portion of 17 |
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| 238 | 238 | | the trail. 18 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ‘‘(II) A |
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| 240 | 240 | | UTHORITY OF HEADS OF 19 |
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| 241 | 241 | | FEDERAL AGENCIES TO GRANTS EASE -20 |
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| 242 | 242 | | MENTS OR RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—Notwith-21 |
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| 243 | 243 | | standing the establishment of a trail 22 |
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| 244 | 244 | | by subparagraph (A), the head of any 23 |
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| 245 | 245 | | Federal agency having jurisdiction 24 |
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| 246 | 246 | | over any Federal land on which the 25 |
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| 250 | 250 | | trail is located (other than land that 1 |
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| 251 | 251 | | is considered to be ‘lands in the Na-2 |
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| 252 | 252 | | tional Park System’ for purposes of 3 |
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| 253 | 253 | | section 28(b)(1) of the Mineral Leas-4 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ing Act (30 U.S.C. 185(b)(1)) as a re-5 |
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| 255 | 255 | | sult of an establishment under any 6 |
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| 256 | 256 | | other law), shall have the authority to 7 |
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| 257 | 257 | | grant easements or rights-of-way over, 8 |
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| 258 | 258 | | under, across, or along any applicable 9 |
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| 259 | 259 | | portion of the trail in accordance with 10 |
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| 260 | 260 | | the laws applicable to the Federal 11 |
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| 261 | 261 | | land. 12 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ‘‘(ii) N |
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| 263 | 263 | | O NEW PERMITS REQUIRED .— 13 |
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| 264 | 264 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of 14 |
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| 265 | 265 | | law, the establishment of a trail by sub-15 |
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| 266 | 266 | | paragraph (A) shall not subject the trail or 16 |
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| 267 | 267 | | any land on which the trail is located to 17 |
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| 268 | 268 | | any other Federal laws (including regula-18 |
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| 269 | 269 | | tions) requiring a Federal permit or au-19 |
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| 270 | 270 | | thorization that would otherwise be made 20 |
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| 271 | 271 | | applicable as a result of the establishment 21 |
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| 272 | 272 | | of the trail as a component of the National 22 |
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| 273 | 273 | | Trails System.’’. 23 |
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