Considerations for determining establishment of trails.

Initial components.

Volunteer citizen involvement.

Composition: recreation trails; scenic trails; historic trails; connecting or side trails; uniform markers.

Extended trails.

Comprehensive plan submitted by Secretary of the Interior to Congress; revisions; content; consultation.

Establishment and designation; administration.

Additional national scenic or national historic trails; feasibility studies; consultations; submission of studies to Congress; scope of studies; qualifications for national historic trail designation.

Routes subject to consideration for designation as national scenic trails.

Trail advisory councils; establishment and termination; term and compensation; membership; chairman.

Comprehensive national scenic trail plan; consultation; submission to Congressional committees.

Comprehensive national historic trail plan; consultation; submission to Congressional committees.

Consultation of Secretary with other agencies; transfer of management responsibilities; selection of rights-of-way; criteria for selection; notice; impact upon established uses.

Relocation of segment of national, scenic or historic, trail right-of-way; determination of necessity with official having jurisdiction; necessity for Act of Congress.

Facilities on national, scenic or historic, trails; permissible activities; use of motorized vehicles; trail markers; establishment of uniform marker; placement of uniform markers; trail interpretation sites.

Use and acquisition of lands within exterior boundaries of areas included within right-of-way.

Right-of-way lands outside exterior boundaries of federally administered areas; cooperative agreements or acquisition; failure to agree or acquire; agreement or acquisition by Secretary concerned; right of first refusal for original owner upon disposal.

Exchange of property within the right-of-way by Secretary of the Interior; property subject to exchange; equalization of value of property; exchange of national forest lands by Secretary of Agriculture; tracts lying outside trail acquisition area.

Condemnation proceedings to acquire private lands; limitations; availability of funds for acquisition of lands or interests therein; acquisition of high potential, route segments or historic sites.

Development and maintenance of national, scenic or historic, trails; cooperation with States over portions located outside of federally administered areas; cooperative agreements; participation of volunteers; reservation of right-of-way for trails in conveyances by Secretary of the Interior.

Regulations; issuance; concurrence and consultation; revision; publication; violations; penalties; utilization of national park or national forest authorities.

Types of trail use allowed.

Donations or other conveyances of qualified real property interests.

Secretary of the Interior to encourage States, political subdivisions, and private interests; financial assistance for State and local projects.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to encourage metropolitan and other urban areas; administrative and financial assistance in connection with recreation and transportation planning; administration of urban open-space program.

Secretary of Agriculture to encourage States, local agencies, and private interests.

Interim use of railroad rights-of-way.

Designation and marking of trails; approval of Secretary of the Interior.

Authorization; conditions.

Cooperation of Federal agencies with Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture.

Abandoned railroad grants; retention of rights.

Location, incorporation, and management.

Release and quitclaim; conditions; sale; proceeds.

"Conservation system unit" and "public lands" defined.

Volunteer planning, development, maintenance, and management of trails.

Scope of volunteer work.

Use of Federal facilities, equipment, tools, and technical assistance.