[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1892 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1892

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Great Western 
      Trail for potential addition to the National Trails System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1993

Mr. Hansen (for himself, Mr. Orton, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
     Stump, Ms. Shepherd, Mr. Thomas of Wyoming, and Mr. Williams) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Great Western 
      Trail for potential addition to the National Trails System.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF THE GREAT WESTERN TRAIL AS A STUDY TRAIL.

    Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(  ) The Great Western Scenic Trail, a system of trails to 
accommodate a variety of travel users in a corridor of approximately 
3,100 miles in length extending from the Arizona-Mexico border to the 
Idaho-Montana-Canada border, following the approximate route depicted 
on the map identified as `Great Western Trail Corridor, 1988', which 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service, United States Department of 
Agriculture. The trail shall be administered by the Secretary of 
Agriculture. Notwithstanding section 7, motorized vehicles may be 
permitted, in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, on components of the Great Western Scenic Trail system.''.

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