North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act

North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to extend the North Country National Scenic Trail into Vermont.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4736 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4736

  To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic 
Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into Vermont to 
   connect with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2014

 Mr. Nolan (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Walz, Mr. Petri, 
 Mr. Ellison, Ms. McCollum, and Mr. Paulsen) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic 
Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into Vermont to 
   connect with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``North Country National Scenic Trail 
Route Adjustment Act''.

SEC. 2. ROUTE ADJUSTMENT.

    Section 5(a)(8) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
1244(a)(8)) is amended in the first sentence--
            (1) by striking ``thirty two hundred miles, extending from 
        eastern New York State'' and inserting ``4,600 miles, extending 
        from the Appalachian Trail in Vermont''; and
            (2) by striking ``Proposed North Country Trail'' and all 
        that follows through ``June 1975.'' and inserting ```North 
        Country National Scenic Trail, Authorized Route' dated February 
        2014, and numbered 649/116870.''.
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