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Trails
A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Trail of Tears as a National Historic Trail.
Introduced: February 23, 1987
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34 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 16, 1987
Became Public Law No: 100-192.
Dec 16, 1987
Signed by President.
Dec 8, 1987
Presented to President.
Dec 8, 1987
Measure Signed in Senate.
Dec 4, 1987
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 3, 1987
Senate agreed to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Dec 3, 1987
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments by Voice Vote.
Dec 2, 1987
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Dec 1, 1987
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Dec 1, 1987
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Dec 1, 1987
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Dec 1, 1987
Placed on Union Calendar No: 293.
Dec 1, 1987
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-461.
Nov 18, 1987
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Nov 18, 1987
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 3, 1987
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Nov 3, 1987
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 3, 1987
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Oct 19, 1987
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Oct 9, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Oct 6, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Oct 6, 1987
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 1, 1987
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Oct 1, 1987
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Sep 25, 1987
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 338.
Sep 25, 1987
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston without amendment. With written report No. 100-175.
Sep 16, 1987
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Aug 13, 1987
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Interior Department. Favorable.
Aug 5, 1987
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Agriculture Department. Favorable.
Jul 30, 1987
Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. Hearings held.
Jul 13, 1987
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department, Agriculture Department, OMB.
Feb 23, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
Feb 23, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 23, 1987
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Became Public Law No: 100-192.
Cosponsors
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