116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.
January 16, 2019
Mr. Young introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Eastern Legacy Extension Act”.
SEC. 2. Extension of Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.
(a) Extension.—Section 5(a)(6) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(6)) is amended, in the first sentence—
(1) by striking “three thousand seven hundred” and inserting “4,900”;
(2) by striking “Wood River, Illinois,” and inserting “the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,”; and
(3) by striking “maps identified as, ‘Vicinity Map, Lewis and Clark Trail’ study report dated April 1977” and inserting “the map entitled Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Authorized Trail Including Proposed Eastern Legacy Extension, dated April 2018, and numbered 648/143721”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.