A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Trail of Tears as a national historic trail.

Summary

Amends the National Trails System Act to include the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, the routes traveled by the Cherokee Nation through Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as a part of the System. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to consider establishing interpretive sites near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Fort Smith, Arkansas.

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Timeline

1. 17 September 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 September 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 September 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 9 October 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.

   Source: Committee

5. 19 October 1987

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

   Source: Committee

6. 3 November 1987

   Committee

   For Further Action See S.578.

   Source: Committee

7. 3 November 1987

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

8. 3 November 1987

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 September 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Synar, Mike [D-OK-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Watkins, Wes [D-OK-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Sundquist, Don [R-TN-7] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-23] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Perkins, Carl C. [D-KY-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-34] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Wortley, George C. [R-NY-27] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Buechner, Jack [R-MO-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Owens, Wayne [D-UT-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-30] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-5] · D · Sponsor
• SANDER LEVIN · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Patterson, Elizabeth [D-SC-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Lancaster, H. Martin [D-NC-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsii00 · Standing

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