To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic trail or a national historic trail.

March 10, 2005

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. KYL) 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 direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic trail or a national historic trail.

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 `Arizona Trail Feasibility Study Act'.

SEC. 2. ARIZONA TRAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY.

Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended--

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (42) (as added by section 3 of Public Law 107-214) and (41) (as added by section 2 of Public Law 107-338) as paragraphs (41) and (42), respectively; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(43) ARIZONA TRAIL-

`(A) IN GENERAL- The Arizona Trail, extending approximately 790 miles through Arizona from the border between Arizona and Utah to the international border with Mexico, as generally depicted on the map entitled `The Arizona Trail-DRAFT' and dated March 22, 2004, and that consists of a corridor of open space that--

`(i) includes 7 ecological zones;

`(ii) features deserts, canyons, mountains, lakes, and rivers; and

`(iii) connects 6 wilderness areas, 4 national forests, 2 national parks, and 30 outdoor recreational areas.

`(B) REQUIREMENT- The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly conduct the study under subparagraph (A).

`(C) AVAILABILITY OF MAP- The map described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

`(D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the study under subparagraph (A) $200,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2008, of which--

`(i) $100,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of Agriculture; and

`(ii) $100,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of the Interior.'.

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