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National Trails System Willing Seller Act

Introduced: June 20, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Sep 12, 2002
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595.
Sep 12, 2002
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 107-276.
Jul 31, 2002
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Mar 7, 2002
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-522.
Jun 20, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 20, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6522-6523)
Jun 20, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
National Trails System Willing Seller Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that in order to address problems involving multijurisdictional authority over the National Trails System, the Secretary of the Federal department with jurisdiction over a national scenic or historic trail should: (1) cooperate with appropriate State and local officials and private persons to pursue the trail's development; and (2) be granted sufficient authority to purchase lands critical to the completion of such trail from willing sellers.

Amends the National Trails System Act to provide that, with respect to the North Country, Ice Age, and Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trails, no lands or interests therein outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired by the Federal Government for such a Trail except with the owner's consent.

What's happening now September 12, 2002

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 834 Identical bill National Trails System Willing Seller Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 20, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1069: National Trails System Willing Seller Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1069/
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"S. 1069: National Trails System Willing Seller Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1069/.
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S. 1069, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1069/.
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