Washington’s Trail—1753 National Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5051 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5051

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2024

 Mr. Fetterman (for himself, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Warner) 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 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 2024''.

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 Trail--1753, 
        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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