S. 2608: American Discovery Trail Act of 2016
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S. 2608: American Discovery Trail Act of 2016
114th Congress · introduced 2016-03-01 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-03-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
American Discovery Trail Act of 2016
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) American Discovery Trail Act of 2016 (Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to place on federal land at points along the American Discovery Trail (from Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, to Point Reyes National Seashore, California) acceptable signage donated to the United States for that purpose. No federal funding may be used to acquire the signage authorized for placement by this bill.
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Official text
American Discovery Trail Act of 2016
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2608, American Discovery Trail Act of 2016 (2016-08-19)
Cosponsors on this site
Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s2608.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s2608 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114