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H.R. 3085: 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, land components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 3085: 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, land components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for other purposes.

109th Congress · introduced 2005-06-28 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Became Public Law No: 109-378.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2005-06-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 517 (2006): Suspend the Rules and Agree to Senate Amendment, HR3085 (2006-11-13), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 109-378. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

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, land components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete the remaining criteria and submit to Congress a study regarding the feasibility and suitability of designating as additional components of the 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 Belle 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) related campgrounds located along such routes and in such land components. Prohibits any additional funds from being authorized to be appropriated to carry out such amendment. Permits the Secretary to accept donations for the Trail from private, nonprofit, or tribal organizations.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

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, land components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3] · 20 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3085, A bill 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, land components, and (2006-01-12); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3085, A bill 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, land components, and (2006-01-12); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3085, A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability study...for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail...inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with that tr (2006-06-29); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3085, A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability study...for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail...inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with that tr (2006-06-29)

Cosponsors on this site

Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), John Boozman (R-AR), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Tom Cole (R-OK)

Recorded votes

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr3085 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109