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Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act

Introduced: February 26, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Jun 26, 2007
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 226.
Jun 26, 2007
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-96.
May 23, 2007
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Apr 26, 2007
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-88.
Feb 26, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 26, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2234-2235)
Feb 26, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate a corridor of approximately 600 miles following the route taken by the armies of General George Washington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, Rhode Island, and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 1782, as the "Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail."

Requires the Trail to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with: (1) other federal, state, tribal, and local agencies; and (2) the private sector.

Prohibits the United States from acquiring for the Trail any land or interest in land outside the exterior boundary of any federally-managed area without the owner's consent.

What's happening now June 26, 2007

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 226.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3