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§539l–3 Loop trail study; authorization

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - NATIONAL FORESTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 539l–3

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within three years after money is first provided, the Secretary must work with interested parties and finish a study on whether it is suitable and possible to make a loop trail for recreation that uses equipment but not motor vehicles, connecting the Rogers Pass trail and Rollins Pass Road and meeting the law’s purpose. If the study says the loop trail would be suitable and feasible and would meet that purpose, the Secretary must create the loop trail in a way that follows that purpose.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §539l–3

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(a)Not later than three years after funds are first made available for this purpose, the Secretary, in consultation with interested parties, shall complete a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing, consistent with the purpose set forth in section 539l(a)(2) of this title, a loop trail for mechanized and other nonmotorized recreation connecting the trail designated as “Rogers Pass” and the trail designated as “Rollins Pass Road”.
(b)If the results of the study required by subsection (a) indicate that establishment of such a loop trail would be suitable and feasible, consistent with the purpose set forth in section 539l(a)(2) of this title, the Secretary shall establish the loop trail in a manner consistent with that purpose.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 539l–3

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73