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To amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for certain trails in the National Trails System.

February 6, 2003

Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

To amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for certain trails in the National Trails System.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM.

(a) ACQUISITION OF LAND FROM WILLING SELLERS- Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (8), by adding at the end the following: `No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired by the Federal Government for the trail without the consent of the owner of the land or interest.';

(2) in paragraph (10), by adding at the end the following: `No land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area may be acquired by the Federal Government for the trail without the consent of the owner of the land or interest.'; and

(3) in the fourth sentence of paragraph (11)--

(A) by striking `No lands or interests therein outside the exterior' and inserting `No land or interest in land outside the exterior'; and

(B) by inserting before the period at the end the following: `without the consent of the owner of the land or interest'.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 10(c)(1) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1249(c)(1)) is amended by striking `the North Country National Scenic Trail, The Ice Age National Scenic Trail,'.

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