H.R. 5335 · 110th Congress
Trail of Tears Documentation Act
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- House Introduced Feb 8, 2008
- House Passed Sep 22, 2008
Trail of Tears Documentation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to add as components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, as generally described in the environmentally preferred alternative of the November 2007 Feasibility Study Amendment and Environmental Assessment for Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, the following routes and…
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Sep 22, 2008
Trail of Tears Documentation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to add as components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, as generally described in the environmentally preferred alternative of the November 2007 Feasibility Study Amendment and Environmental Assessment for Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, the following routes and land components by which the Cherokee Nation was removed to Oklahoma: (1) the Benge and Bell routes; (2) the land components of the designated water routes in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee; (3) the routes from the collection forts in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the emigration depots; and (4) the related campgrounds located along such routes and land components.
Removes a limitation on the authorization of additional appropriations to carry out the addition of such components.
Prohibits acquisition of lands or interests in lands outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area by the federal government for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail except with the consent of the owner.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Trail of Tears Documentation Act
Latest action (Oct 2, 2008): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 8, 2008
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Feb 8, 2008
- House Passed Sep 22, 2008
No recorded floor vote found.