[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 96 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 96

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 10, 2019

 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Leahy, Ms. 
   Baldwin, Ms. Smith, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Peters, and Mrs. Gillibrand) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Energy and 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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