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        S.2052

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de 
                 los Tejas 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 ``El Camino Real de los Tejas National 
Historic Trail Act''.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS NATIONAL HISTORIC 
TRAIL.
    Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(24) El camino real de los tejas national historic trail.--
        ``(A) In general.--El Camino Real de los Tejas (the Royal Road 
    to the Tejas) National Historic Trail, a combination of historic 
    routes (including the Old San Antonio Road) totaling approximately 
    2,580 miles, extending from the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass and 
    Laredo, Texas, to Natchitoches, Louisiana, as generally depicted on 
    the map entitled `El Camino Real de los Tejas' contained in the 
    report entitled `National Historic Trail Feasibility Study and 
    Environmental Assessment: El Camino Real de los Tejas, Texas-
    Louisiana', dated July 1998.
        ``(B) Map.--A map generally depicting the trail shall be on 
    file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices 
    of the National Park Service.
        ``(C) Administration.--(i) The Secretary of the Interior 
    (referred to in this paragraph as `the Secretary') shall administer 
    the trail.
        ``(ii) The Secretary shall administer those portions of the 
    trail on non-Federal land only with the consent of the owner of 
    such land and when such trail portion qualifies for certification 
    as an officially established component of the trail, consistent 
    with section 3(a)(3). An owner's approval of a certification 
    agreement shall satisfy the consent requirement. A certification 
    agreement may be terminated at any time.
        ``(iii) The designation of the trail does not authorize any 
    person to enter private property without the consent of the owner.
        ``(D) Consultation.--The Secretary shall consult with 
    appropriate State and local agencies in the planning and 
    development of the trail.
        ``(E) Coordination of activities.--The Secretary may coordinate 
    with United States and Mexican public and nongovernmental 
    organizations, academic institutions, and, in consultation with the 
    Secretary of State, the Government of Mexico and its political 
    subdivisions, for the purpose of exchanging trail information and 
    research, fostering trail preservation and educational programs, 
    providing technical assistance, and working to establish an 
    international historic trail with complementary preservation and 
    education programs in each nation.
        ``(F) Land acquisition.--The United States shall not acquire 
    for the trail any land or interest in land outside the exterior 
    boundary of any federally-administered area without the consent of 
    the owner of the land or interest in land.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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