[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6506 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6506

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating 
 Washington's Trail--1753 as a national historic trail, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2023

 Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, 
    Mr. Reschenthaler, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Mooney, and Mr. 
   Deluzio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating 
 Washington's Trail--1753 as a 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 ``Washington's Trail--1753 National 
Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. WASHINGTON'S TRAIL--1753 NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL FEASIBILITY 
              STUDY.

    Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(50) Washington's trail--1753.--Washington's 
        TrailWashington's Trail--1753 National Historic Trail 
        Feasibility Study Act of 20231753, extending approximately 500 
        miles from Williamsburg, Virginia, to Fort LeBoeuf (now 
        Waterford), Pennsylvania, following the route taken by George 
        Washington and his party on his diplomatic mission to the 
        French on behalf of Virginia Governor Robert Dinwiddie from 
        October 31, 1753, to January 16, 1754, just prior to the start 
        of the French and Indian War (1754-1763).''.
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