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HR 74 110th Congress House

National Discovery Trails Act

Official title: To amend the National Trails System Act to authorize an additional category of national trail known as a national discovery trail, to provide special requireme… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the National Trails System Act to authorize an additional category of national trail known as a national discovery trail, to provide special requirements for the establishment and administration of national discovery trails, and to designate the cross-country American Discovery Trail as the first national discovery trail.

Introduced: September 5, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Feb 7, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Jan 4, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 4, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 7, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Discovery Trails Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to establish national discovery trails, which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located so as to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities.

Authorizes the designation of such trails on Federal lands and, with the consent of the owner, on non-federal lands. Requires the appropriate Secretary for each national discovery trail to administer the trail in cooperation with a competent trailwide volunteer-based organization.

Sets forth requirements for designation as a national discovery trail.

Designates as a national discovery trail the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail which shall extend from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, traveling northern and southern routes from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Denver, Colorado.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Sep 5, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 74: National Discovery Trails Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-74/
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