S 479
114th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. history
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.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 12, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1