Frontier Military Road Study Act of 1991

Frontier Military Road Study Act of 1991 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the Frontier Military Road connecting certain military forts in Minnesota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana for study for potential addition to the National Trails System. Authorizes appropriations.

 
S 1114 IS
102d CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1114
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Frontier Military
Road for study for potential addition to the National Trails System.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 21 (legislative day, APRIL 25), 1991
Mrs. KASSEBAUM (for herself, Mr. DOLE, and Mr. BOREN) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Frontier Military
Road for study for potential addition to the National Trails System.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  This Act may be cited as the `Frontier Military Road Study Act of 1991'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
  Congress finds that--
  (1)(A) the Frontier Military Road connecting Fort Snelling, Minnesota,
  with Fort Jesup, Louisiana, linked a series of frontier outposts and,
  for a period in the mid-19th century, marked the western frontier of the
  United States;
  (B) the Frontier Military Road was later used as a post road and as a
  telegraph road, spanning several important historical periods of 19th-
  and 20th-century United States history;
  (C) among historic attractions that lie along the Frontier Military Road
  are Civil War battle sites, American Indian sites, historic ferry river
  crossings, and historic mining sites;
  (2) the designation of the Frontier Military Road as a national historic
  trail will appropriately mark the road in the history of the United States,
  reminding citizens of their frontier past; and
  (3) development of a designated route on public roads near the Frontier
  Military Road will permit American motorists better access to their
  frontier heritage.
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF TRAIL FOR STUDY.
  Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is
  amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
  `(34)(A) Frontier Military Road, connecting Fort Snelling, Minnesota;
  Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Scott, Kansas; Fort Wayne, Oklahoma; Fort
  Gibson, Oklahoma; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Fort Towson, Oklahoma; and Fort
  Jesup, Louisiana.
  `(B) In conducting the study under this paragraph, the Secretary shall--
  `(i) make recommendations for the integration of the individual historic
  sites and other sites of interest along the Frontier Military Road into
  a comprehensive presentation of the road to visitors;
  `(ii) in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, determine the
  feasibility of designating a historic route on existing public roads that
  parallels the Frontier Military Road; and
  `(iii) recommend an appropriate designation for the route and appropriate
  markers along the route to indicate the presence and significance of the
  route and of the historic sites along the route.
  `(C) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the study shall be completed and
  submitted to Congress not later than one year after the date of enactment
  of this paragraph.'.
SEC. 4. APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZATION.
  There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to
  carry out the provisions of this Act.