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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

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DATE TYPED 02/15/05 HB HJM 4/aHGUAC

SHORT TITLE Regard Wishes on Long Walk Memorial Trail

SB

ANALYST Weber

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Indian Affairs (DIA)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of HGUAC Amendment

The House Government and Urban Affairs Committee made a spelling correction on page 2, line

25 that does not change the meaning of the original House joint Memorial 4.

Synopsis of of Original Bill

House Joint Memorial 4 (HJM 4), urges the U.S. Department of Interior and the National Park

Service that any decisions regarding the establishment of the proposed Long Walk National

Historic Trail must be in conformance with the wishes of the governments of the Navajo Nation

and the Mescalero Apache Tribe.

Significant Issues

The Indian Affairs Department reports.

The U.S. Department of Interior and the National Park Service undertook a feasibility

House Joint Memorial 4/aHGUAC -- Page 2

study regarding the designation of the Long Walk Trail as a national historic trail. United

States Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), with the support of the Navajo Nation, sponsored

the authorizing bill to fund the Long Walk Trail feasibility study. After the study is

completed, the next step would be to establish the Long Walk Trail as a national historic

trail.

The original intent was to establish, “The Navajo Long Walk Trail.” After discussions and being

educated by representatives of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, however, the proposed trail was

renamed to, “The Long Walk Trail,” to commemorate and be inclusive of both Tribes affected.

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