[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1946 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1946

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2002

 Mr. Lott (for Mr. Campbell) (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Bingaman, 
and Mr. Allard) 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 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 3,500 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 
        map contained in the report prepared under subsection (b) 
        entitled ``Old Spanish Trail National Historic Trail 
        Feasibility Study'', dated July 2001.
            ``(B) Map.--A map generally depicting the trail shall be on 
        file and available for public inspection in the office of the 
        Director of the National Park Service.
            ``(C) Administration.--The trail shall be administered by 
        the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of 
        the National Park Service (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.''.
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