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HR 3022 113th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources California Colorado Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Land use and conservation Maryland Missouri Nebraska Nevada Ohio Parks, recreation areas, trails Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Utah West Virginia

National Discovery Trails Act of 2013

Introduced: August 2, 2013 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 12, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Aug 2, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Aug 2, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Discovery Trails Act of 2013 - 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.

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, splitting into northern and southern routes at Cincinnati, Ohio, and rejoining at Denver, Colorado.

Sets forth requirements for designation of a trail as a national discovery trail.

Requires the appropriate Secretary for each national discovery trail to: (1) administer the trail in cooperation with a competent trailwide volunteer-based organization; and (2) submit a comprehensive plan for the protection, management, development, and use of such trail.

What's happening now August 12, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

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