[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 749 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 749

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Votes for 
             Women History Trail in the State of New York.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 1, 2003

 Mrs. Clinton (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Landrieu, 
 Mrs. Murray, Ms. Cantwell, and Ms. Collins) 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 authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Votes for 
             Women History Trail in the State of New York.

    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.

    Public Law 96-607 is amended by inserting after section 1601 (16 
U.S.C. 410ll) the following:

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

    ``(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            ``(1) the women's rights movement is one of the greatest 
        protest traditions in the history of the United States; and
            ``(2) there is an opportunity for the Women's Rights 
        National Historical Park in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New 
        York, in partnership with properties that are historically and 
        thematically related to the women's suffrage movement located 
        in the corridor between Syracuse and Rochester, New York, to 
        tell the story of the 72-year fight for women's suffrage.
    ``(b) Definitions.--
            ``(1) Park.--The term `Park' means the Women's Rights 
        National Historical Park located in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, 
        New York.
            ``(2) State.--The term `State' means the State of New York.
            ``(3) Trail.--The term `Trail' means the Votes for Women 
        History Trail established under subsection (c).
    ``(c) Establishment of Trail.--The Secretary shall establish an 
automobile tour route, to be known as the `Votes for Women History 
Trail', to link properties in the State that are historically and 
thematically related to the struggle for women's suffrage.
    ``(d) Administration.--The Secretary shall administer the Trail 
through the Park.
    ``(e) Activities.--To facilitate the establishment of the Trail and 
the dissemination of information relating to the Trail, the Secretary 
shall--
            ``(1) produce and disseminate appropriate educational 
        materials relating to the Trail, such as--
                    ``(A) handbooks;
                    ``(B) maps;
                    ``(C) exhibits;
                    ``(D) signs;
                    ``(E) interpretive guides; and
                    ``(F) electronic information;
            ``(2) coordinate, in partnership with properties designated 
        as official stops under subsection (f), other Federal agencies, 
        and State and local governments, the management, planning, and 
        standards of the Trail; and
            ``(3)(A) create and adopt an official, uniform symbol or 
        device to mark the Trail; and
            ``(B) issue guidelines for the use of the symbol or device.
    ``(f) Designated Stops.--The Secretary may, subject to the consent 
of the owner of the property or facility, designate as an official stop 
on the Trail--
            ``(1) a unit or program of the Park that relates to the 
        struggle for women's suffrage;
            ``(2) a Federal, State, local, or privately owned property 
        that has a verifiable connection to the struggle for women's 
        suffrage, as determined by the Secretary; and
            ``(3) an educational, commemorative, research, or 
        interpretive facility or program that is directly related to 
        the struggle for women's suffrage, as determined by the 
        Secretary.
    ``(g) Cooperative Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding.--To 
facilitate the establishment of the Trail and to ensure the effective 
coordination of the Federal and non-Federal properties designated as 
official stops under subsection (f), the Secretary may enter into 
cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding with, and provide 
technical and financial assistance to, other Federal agencies, the 
State, units of local government, regional governmental bodies, and 
private entities.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        to the Secretary to provide financial assistance under 
        subsection (g) $250,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 
        2008.
            ``(2) Subsequent authorizations.--To the extent that any 
        amount authorized to be appropriated under this subsection for 
        any fiscal year is not appropriated for the fiscal year, the 
        amount is authorized to be appropriated in any subsequent 
        fiscal year.''.
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