16 U.S.C. § 1242
National trails system
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 1242, National trails system, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/446935
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The national system of trails shall be composed of the following:
For purposes of this section, the term “extended trails” means trails or trail segments which total at least one hundred miles in length, except that historic trails of less than one hundred miles may be designated as extended trails. While it is desirable that extended trails be continuous, studies of such trails may conclude that it is feasible to propose one or more trail segments which, in the aggregate, constitute at least one hundred miles in length.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Trails System Act Amendments of 1983House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996House: 404–4Senate: no recorded tally