[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1946 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1946


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 4, 2002

                 Referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 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.''.

            Passed the Senate August 1, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                  JERI THOMSON,

                                                             Secretary.