[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1524 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1524

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative 
trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to 
link properties that are historically and thematically associated with 
       the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 31, 2003

Ms. Slaughter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative 
trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to 
link properties that are historically and thematically associated with 
       the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Votes for Women History Trail Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOTES FOR WOMEN HISTORY TRAIL AS FEATURE OF 
              WOMEN'S RIGHTS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

    Title XVI of Public Law 96-607, which established the Women's 
Rights National Historical Park, is amended by inserting after section 
1601 (16 U.S.C. 410ll) the following new section:

``SEC. 1602. VOTES FOR WOMEN HISTORY TRAIL.

    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) The women's rights movement is one of the three great 
        protest traditions in United States history, sharing that 
        status with the struggle for racial equality and the labor 
        movement.
            ``(2) There is an opportunity for the Women's Rights 
        National Historical Park in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New 
        York, to work in partnership with historically and thematically 
        related properties in the corridor between Syracuse and 
        Rochester, New York, to tell the story of the 72-year fight for 
        women's suffrage.
    ``(b) Establishment of Trail.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
establish an auto tour route, to be known as the `Votes for Women 
History Trail', to link properties in the State of New York that are 
historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's 
suffrage in the United States.
    ``(c) Administration.--The Votes for Women History Trail shall be 
administered by the National Park Service through the Women's Rights 
National Historical Park.
    ``(d) Activities.--To facilitate the establishment of the Votes for 
Women History Trail and the dissemination of information regarding the 
Trail, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) produce and disseminate appropriate educational 
        materials regarding the Trail, such as handbooks, maps, 
        exhibits, signs, interpretive guides, and electronic 
        information;
            ``(2) coordinate the management, planning, and standards of 
        the auto route in partnership with participating properties, 
        other Federal agencies, and State and local governments;
            ``(3) create and adopt an official, uniform symbol or 
        device to mark the Votes for Women History Trail; and
            ``(4) issue guidelines for the use of such symbol or 
        device.
    ``(e) Elements of Trail.--The Secretary may designate as an 
official stop on the Votes for Women History Trail any of the following 
properties, subject to the consent of the owner of the property:
            ``(1) All units and programs of Women's Rights National 
        Historical Park that pertain to the struggle for women's 
        suffrage.
            ``(2) Other Federal, State, local, and privately owned 
        properties that the Secretary determines have a verifiable 
        connection to the struggle for women's suffrage.
            ``(3) Other governmental and nongovernmental facilities and 
        programs of an educational, commemorative, research, or 
        interpretive nature that the Secretary determines to be 
        directly related to the struggle for women's suffrage.
    ``(f) Cooperative Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding.--
            ``(1) Authorized.--To facilitate the establishment of the 
        Votes for Women History Trail and to ensure effective 
        coordination of the Federal and non-Federal properties 
        designated as stops along the Trail, the Secretary may enter 
        into cooperative agreements and memorandums of understanding 
        with, and provide technical and financial assistance to, other 
        Federal agencies, the State of New York, localities, regional 
        governmental bodies, and private entities.
             ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior 
        $250,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2008 to 
        provide financial assistance to cooperating properties pursuant 
        to agreements or memorandums entered into under paragraph (1). 
        Amounts authorized for financial assistance but not 
        appropriated in a fiscal year shall be available for 
        appropriation in subsequent fiscal years.''.
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