A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating Washington's Trail-1753 as a national historic trail, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4538 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4538

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the
     Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating
 Washington's Trail--1753 as a national historic trail, and for other
                               purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2026

 Mr. Fetterman (for himself, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, Mr.
Justice, and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read
  twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the
     Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating
 Washington's Trail--1753 as a national historic trail, and for other
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Washington's Trail--1753 National
Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. WASHINGTON'S TRAIL--1753 NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL FEASIBILITY
              STUDY.

    Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(50) Washington's trail--1753.--Washington's Trail--1753,
        extending approximately 500 miles from Williamsburg, Virginia,
        to Fort LeBoeuf (now Waterford), Pennsylvania, following the
        route taken by George Washington and his party on his
        diplomatic mission to the French on behalf of Virginia Governor
        Robert Dinwiddie from October 31, 1753, to January 16, 1754,
        just prior to the start of the French and Indian War (1754-
        1763).''.
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