HR 5335 · 110th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Trail of Tears Documentation Act
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House Vote4
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EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.(2008-10-02)
Plain Language Summary
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Amends the National Trails System Act to add as components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail the following routes and land components by which the Cherokee Nation was removed to Oklahoma: (1) the Benge and Bell routes; (2) the land components of the designated water routes in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee; (3) the routes from the collection forts in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the emigration depots; and (4) the related campgrounds located along such routes and land components. Bars the Secretary of the Interior from using eminent domain to acquire lands for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Requires the Secretary to only include lands in the Trail that are consistent with and appropriate to the purpose for which it was designated.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 5335, Trail of Tears Documentation Act
Jul 29, 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 23, 2008</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 5335, Trail of Tears Documentation Act
Jul 29, 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 23, 2008
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
8 Democrats12 Republicans