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Senate Bill 3519
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Designation Act
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S. 3519 (Introduced-in-Senate)


117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3519


To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.


IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 19 (legislative day, January 18), 2022

Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Cotton) 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 Butterfield Overland 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,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Designation Act”.

SEC. 2. Designation of the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail.

Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(31) BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—The Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail, a trail of approximately 3,292 miles following the route operated by the Butterfield Overland Mail Company, known as the ‘Ox-Bow Route’, to transport mail and passengers between the eastern termini of St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, and extending westward through the States of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, to the western terminus of San Francisco, California, as generally depicted on the maps numbered 1 through 15, entitled ‘Study Route Maps’, and contained in the report prepared by the National Park Service entitled ‘Butterfield Overland Trail National Historical Trail Special Resource Study’ and dated May 2018.

“(B) MAPS.—The maps described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.

“(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail established by subparagraph (A) shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.

“(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—The United States shall not acquire for the trail established by subparagraph (A) any land or interest in land outside of the exterior boundary of any federally administered area without the consent of the owner of the land or interest in land.”.