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[S. 1946 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1946

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
  To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old Spanish 
                   Trail as a National Historic Trail.

    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 ``Old Spanish Trail Recognition Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) 
is amended--
        (1) by redesignating the second paragraph (21) as paragraph 
    (22); and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(23) Old spanish national historic trail.--
        ``(A) In general.--The Old Spanish National Historic Trail, an 
    approximately 2,700 mile long trail extending from Santa Fe, New 
    Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, that served as a major trade 
    route between 1829 and 1848, as generally depicted on the maps 
    numbered 1 through 9, as contained in the report entitled `Old 
    Spanish Trail National Historic Trail Feasibility Study', dated 
    July 2001, including the Armijo Route, Northern Route, North 
    Branch, and Mojave Road.
        ``(B) Map.--A map generally depicting the trail shall be on 
    file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 
    of the Department of the Interior.
        ``(C) Administration.--The trail shall be administered by the 
    Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this paragraph as the 
    `Secretary').
        ``(D) Land acquisition.--The United States shall not acquire 
    for the trail any land or interest in land outside the exterior 
    boundary of any federally-managed area without the consent of the 
    owner of the land or interest in land.
        ``(E) Consultation.--The Secretary shall consult with other 
    Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies in the administration of 
    the trail.
        ``(F) Additional routes.--The Secretary may designate 
    additional routes to the trail if--
            ``(i) the additional routes were included in the Old 
        Spanish Trail National Historic Trail Feasibility Study, but 
        were not recommended for designation as a national historic 
        trail; and
            ``(ii) the Secretary determines that the additional routes 
        were used for trade and commerce between 1829 and 1848.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.