To amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments for such trail, and for other purposes.

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Bill Number

HR 3342

Introduced

Oct 20, 2003

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.

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Alabama Arkansas Commemorations Congress Congressional reporting requirements Federal-Indian relations Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Historic sites History Kentucky Minorities Missouri Native Americans Oklahoma Public Lands and Natural Resources Tennessee Trails

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Summary

Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior: (1) to submit to Congress a study regarding the feasibility and suitability of designating the Benge and Belle routes by which southeastern Indian tribes were removed to present-day Oklahoma as additional components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail; and (2) upon completion of such study, if such routes are a feasible and suitable addition to the Trail, to designate them as components of such Trail.

Actions

Oct 22, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Oct 22, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Oct 20, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Oct 20, 2003

Introduced in House

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