Arizona Trail Feasibility Study Act

Arizona Trail Feasibility Study Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a joint study of the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic trail or a national historic trail.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1250 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1250

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study on 
 the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic 
                  trail or a national historic trail.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2005

   Mr. Kolbe (for himself, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
Hayworth, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Shadegg, and Mr. Flake) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study on 
 the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic 
                  trail or a national historic trail.

    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 ``Arizona Trail Feasibility Study 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ARIZONA TRAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (42), relating to the Long 
        Walk Trail, as paragraph (41);
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (41), relating to the 
        Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail, as paragraph (42); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(43) Arizona Trail.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Arizona Trail, extending 
        approximately 790 miles through Arizona from the border between 
        Arizona and Utah to the international border with Mexico, as 
        generally depicted on the map entitled `Arizona Trail-DRAFT' 
        and dated March, 22, 2004, and that consists of a corridor of 
        open space that--
                    ``(i) includes 7 ecological zones;
                    ``(ii) features deserts, canyons, mountains, lakes, 
                and rivers; and
                    ``(iii) connects 6 wilderness areas, 4 national 
                forests, 2 national parks, and 30 outdoor recreational 
                areas.
            ``(B) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Interior and the 
        Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly conduct the study under 
        subparagraph (A).
            ``(C) Availability of map.--The map described in 
        subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for public 
        inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
        Management.
            ``(D) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out the study under subparagraph 
        (A) $200,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2008, 
        of which--
                    ``(i) $100,000 shall be made available to the 
                Secretary of Agriculture; and
                    ``(ii) $100,000 shall be made available to the 
                Secretary of the Interior.''.
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