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A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for…

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A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 12, 2015 Introduced by: Fischer, Deb Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 12, 2015
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Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on feasibility of designating as a national historic trail the Chief Standing Bear Trail extending approximately 550 miles from Niobrara, Nebraska, to Ponca City, Oklahoma, which follows the route taken by Chief Standing Bear and the Ponca people during federal Indian removal, and approximately 550 miles from Ponca City through Omaha to Niobrara, Nebraska, which follows the return route taken by Chief Standing Bear and the Ponca people.

Requires Interior to consider input from owners of private land within or adjacent to such study area.

What's happening now February 12, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Oct 21, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 479: A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-479/
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"S. 479: A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-479/.
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S. 479, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-479/.
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