16 U.S.C. § 1243
National recreation trails; establishment and designation; prerequisites
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 1243, National recreation trails; establishment and designation; prerequisites, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/446936
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The Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Agriculture where lands administered by him are involved, may establish and designate national recreation trails, with the consent of the Federal agency, State, or political subdivision having jurisdiction over the lands involved, upon finding that—
As provided in this section, trails within park, forest, and other recreation areas administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture or in other federally administered areas may be established and designated as “National Recreation Trails” by the appropriate Secretary and, when no Federal land acquisition is involved—
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.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 Trails System Act Amendments of 1983House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally