Arizona Trail Feasibility Study Act

Arizona Trail Feasibility Study Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a joint study of the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic trail or a national historic trail. Requires the map of such Trail to be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4240 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4240

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study on 
 the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic 
                  trail or a national historic trail.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2004

   Mr. Kolbe (for himself, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
Hayworth, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Shadegg, and Mr. Flake) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study on 
 the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic 
                  trail or a national historic trail.

    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 ``Arizona Trail Feasibility Study 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ARIZONA 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:
            ``(__) Arizona trail.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Arizona Trail, extending 
                approximately 790 miles through Arizona from the border 
                between Arizona and Utah to the international border 
                with Mexico, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
                `Arizona Trail-DRAFT' and dated March, 22, 2004, and 
                that consists of a corridor of open space that--
                            ``(i) includes 7 ecological zones;
                            ``(ii) features deserts, canyons, 
                        mountains, lakes, and rivers; and
                            ``(iii) connects 6 wilderness areas, 4 
                        national forests, 2 national parks, and 30 
                        outdoor recreational areas.
                    ``(B) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Interior 
                and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly conduct 
                the study under subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Availability of map.--The map described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for 
                public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
                Bureau of Land Management.
                    ``(D) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out the study 
                under subparagraph (A) $200,000 for the period of 
                fiscal years 2005 through 2007, of which--
                            ``(i) $100,000 shall be made available to 
                        the Secretary of Agriculture; and
                            ``(ii) $100,000 shall be made available to 
                        the Secretary of the Interior.''.
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