Washington’s Trail—1753 National Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4566 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4566

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

                             July 21, 2025

Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself 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 2025''.

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 
        National Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2025, 
        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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