US Congress House Bill 726 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-2)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the National Trails System Act to include national discovery trails as part of the national trails system. Such trails (1) shall be extended, continuous, interstate trails located to provide for outstanding outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities; (2) shall provide for the conservation and enjoyment of significant natural, cultural, and historic resources and be so located as to represent metropolitan, urban, rural, and back country regions of the Nation; and (3) may be designated on federal lands and, with the owner's consent, on nonfederal lands. The 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail extending from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware, to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, splitting into northern and southern routes near Cincinnati, Ohio, and rejoining at Denver, Colorado, is designated as a national discovery trail. The bill sets forth requirements for designation of a trail as a national discovery trail. The appropriate federal department for each national discovery trail shall (1) administer the trail in cooperation with at least one competent trailwide volunteer-based organization; and (2) submit a comprehensive plan for the trail's protection, management, development, and use.

National Discovery Trails Act

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
2019-01-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-01-23	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/726/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr726/BILLS-116hr726ih.pdf