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S. 1970 (109th)
A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for other purposes.
Introduced
7 November 2005
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Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 401.
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Summary
Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior: (1) to submit to Congress a study regarding the feasibility and suitability of designating the Benge and Belle routes, the land components of the designated water routes in Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, the routes from the collection forts in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the emigration depots, and related campgrounds located along such routes and in such land components, by which the Cherokee Nation was removed to Oklahoma as additional components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail; and (2) upon completion of such study, if such routes are a feasible and suitable addition to the Trail, to designate them as components of such Trail. Provides that no additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out such requirements. Allows the Secretary to accept donations for the Trail from private, nonprofit, or tribal organizations.
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Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 20 April 2006
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 20 April 2006
Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 20 April 2006
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 November 2005
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 7 November 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 7 November 2005
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1970
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1970