Alaska Trails Act

II Calendar No. 285 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 1354 [Report No. 117–84] To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Chilkoot National Historic Trail and to provide for a study of the Alaska Long Trail, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 22, 2021 Ms. MURKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources FEBRUARY 28, 2022 Reported by Mr. MANCHIN, with amendments [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] A BILL To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Chilkoot National Historic Trail and to provide for a study of the Alaska Long Trail, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alaska Trails Act’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:01 Mar 01, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1354.RS S1354 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1354 RS SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF THE CHILKOOT NATIONAL HIS- 1 TORIC TRAIL. 2 Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 3 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing: 5 ‘‘(31) CHILKOOT NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— 6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Chilkoot National 7 Historic Trail, a traditional gold rush route of 8 approximately 16.5 miles within the Klondike 9 Gold Rush National Historical Park an ap- 10 proximately 16.5-mile route within the Klondike 11 Gold Rush National Historical Park that was 12 traditionally used as a trading route by the 13 Tlingit Indian Tribe and Tagish First Nation 14 and as a gold rush route, as generally depicted 15 on the map entitled ‘Proposed Chilkoot Na- 16 tional Historic Trail’, numbered KLGO–461– 17 173787, and dated October 2020. 18 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map 19 described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file 20 and available for public inspection in the appro- 21 priate offices of the National Park Service. 22 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The Chilkoot Na- 23 tional Historic Trail shall be administered by 24 the Secretary of the Interior. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:01 Mar 01, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1354.RS S1354 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1354 RS ‘‘(D) EFFECT.—The designation of the 1 Chilkoot National Historic Trail shall not affect 2 any authorities under Public Law 94–323 (16 3 U.S.C. 410bb et seq.). 4 ‘‘(E) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The 5 Secretary of the Interior may coordinate with 6 public and nongovernmental organizations and 7 institutions of higher education in the United 8 States and Canada, Alaska Native Corpora- 9 tions, and, in consultation with the Secretary of 10 State, the Government of Canada and any polit- 11 ical subdivisions of the Government of Canada 12 for the purposes of— 13 ‘‘(i) exchanging information and re- 14 search relating to the Chilkoot National 15 Historic Trail; 16 ‘‘(ii) supporting the preservation of, 17 and educational programs relating to, the 18 Chilkoot National Historic Trail; 19 ‘‘(iii) providing technical assistance 20 with respect to the Chilkoot National His- 21 toric Trail; and 22 ‘‘(iv) working to establish an inter- 23 national historic trail incorporating the 24 Chilkoot National Historic Trail that pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:01 Mar 01, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1354.RS S1354 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 1354 RS vides for complementary preservation and 1 education programs in the United States 2 and Canada.’’. 3 SEC. 3. ALASKA LONG NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL STUDY. 4 Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 5 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 6 lowing: 7 ‘‘(48) ALASKA LONG TRAIL.— 8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Alaska Long 9 Trail, extending approximately 500 miles from 10 Seward, Alaska, to Fairbanks, Alaska. 11 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of 12 the Interior, acting through the Director of the 13 Bureau of Land Management (referred to in 14 this paragraph as the ‘Secretary’), shall study 15 the feasibility of designating the trail described 16 in subparagraph (A), including evaluating the 17 potential impacts of the trail on rights-of-way, 18 existing rights, or other recreational uses of the 19 land proposed to be used for the trail. 20 ‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall 21 conduct the study under this paragraph in con- 22 sultation with— 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:01 Mar 01, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1354.RS S1354 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •S 1354 RS ‘‘(i) the Secretary of Agriculture, act- 1 ing through the Chief of the Forest Serv- 2 ice; 3 ‘‘(ii) the State of Alaska; 4 ‘‘(iii) units of local government in the 5 State of Alaska; 6 ‘‘(iv) Alaska Native Corporations; and 7 ‘‘(v) representatives of the private sec- 8 tor, including any entity that holds a per- 9 mit issued by the Federal Energy Regu- 10 latory Commission.’’. 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:01 Mar 01, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1354.RS S1354 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 285 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 1354 [Report No. 117–84] A BILL To amend the National Trails System Act to des- ignate the Chilkoot National Historic Trail and to provide for a study of the Alaska Long Trail, and for other purposes. FEBRUARY 28, 2022 Reported with amendments VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:01 Mar 01, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S1354.RS S1354 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS