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16 U.S.C. 1242: National trails system

Created in 1968 by Public Law 90-543. Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 16 U.S.C. 1244.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–333 struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: "On October 1, 1982, and at the beginning of each odd numbered fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and to the President of the Unite… (Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996) Law text · (c)

    1983

    • Pub. L. 98–11, §203(1), (2), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), redesignated former subsecs. (a) to (d) as pars. (1) to (4), respectively, and, in provisions preceding par. (1), substituted "shall be composed of the following:" for "shall be composed of—". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 98–11, §203(3), inserted provision authorizing the location of national scenic trails so as to represent desert, marsh, grassland, mountain, canyon, river, forest, and other areas, as well as landforms which exhibit significant characteristics of the physiographic regions of… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 98–11, §203(4), (5), substituted "in this chapter are included as Federal" for "in this chapter, are established as initial Federal" in fourth sentence and struck out "subsequently" after "The appropriate Secretary may" in fifth sentence. · (a)
    • Pub. L. 98–11, §203(6), added subsecs. (b) and (c). · (b), (c)

    1978

    • Pub. L. 95–625, §551(4), (5), added subsec. (c), redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d), and substituted ", national scenic or national historic" for "or national scenic". · (c), (d)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.