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                                                       Calendar No. 552
109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2568

                          [Report No. 109-309]

 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Captain John 
               Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 6, 2006

  Mr. Sarbanes (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Allen, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
   Biden, Mr. Carper, Mr. Santorum, and Mr. Specter) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

                             July 31, 2006

              Reported by Mr. Domenici, with an amendment
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Captain John 
               Smith Chesapeake 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 ``Captain John Smith Chesapeake 
National Historic Trail Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS.

    Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(25) Captain john smith chesapeake national historic 
        trail.--
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--The Captain John Smith 
                Chesapeake National Historic Trail, a series of water 
                routes extending approximately 3,000 miles along the 
                Chesapeake Bay and the tributaries of the Chesapeake 
                Bay in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 
                and Delaware, and in the District of Columbia, that 
                traces the 1607 and 1608 voyages of Captain John Smith 
                to chart the land and waterways of the Chesapeake 
                Bay.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
                    ``(A) In general.--The Captain John Smith 
                Chesapeake National Historic Trail, a series of water 
                routes extending approximately 3,000 miles along the 
                Chesapeake Bay and the tributaries of the Chesapeake 
                Bay in the States of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, 
                and in the District of Columbia, that traces the 1607-
                1609 voyages of Captain John Smith to chart the land 
                and waterways of the Chesapeake Bay, as generally 
                depicted on the map entitled `Captain John Smith 
                Chesapeake National Historic Trail Map MD, VA, DE, and 
                DC', numbered P-16/80000 (CAJO), and dated May 2006.
                    ``(B) Map.--The map referred to in subparagraph (A) 
                shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
                the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
                    ``(C) Administration.--The trail shall be 
                administered by the Secretary of the Interior--
                            ``(i) in coordination with--
                                    ``(I) the Chesapeake Bay Gateways 
                                and Watertrails Network authorized 
                                under the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act 
                                of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; 112 Stat. 
                                2961); and
                                    ``(II) the Chesapeake Bay Program 
                                authorized under section 117 of the 
                                Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
                                U.S.C. 1267); and
                            ``(ii) in consultation with--
                                    ``(I) other Federal, State, tribal, 
                                regional, and local agencies; and
                                    ``(II) the private sector.
                    ``(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.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 552

109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2568

                          [Report No. 109-309]

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Captain John 
               Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.

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                             July 31, 2006

                       Reported with an amendment