[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1388 Engrossed in House (EH)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1388

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled 
Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of 
                 Columbia 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 ``Star-Spangled Banner National 
Historic Trail Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF 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:
            ``(__) Star-spangled banner national historic trail.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Star-Spangled Banner 
                National Historic Trail, a trail consisting of water 
                and overland routes totaling approximately 290 miles, 
                extending from Tangier Island, Virginia, through 
                southern Maryland, the District of Columbia, and 
                northern Virginia, in the Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent 
                River, Potomac River, and north to the Patapsco River, 
                and Baltimore, Maryland, commemorating the Chesapeake 
                Campaign of the War of 1812 (including the British 
                invasion of Washington, District of Columbia, and its 
                associated feints, and the Battle of Baltimore in 
                summer 1814), as generally depicted on the map titled 
                `Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail', 
                numbered T02/80,000, and dated June 2007.
                    ``(B) Map.--The map referred to in subparagraph (A) 
                shall be maintained on file and available for public 
                inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 
                Park Service.
                    ``(C) Administration.--Subject to subparagraph 
                (E)(ii), the trail shall be administered by the 
                Secretary of the Interior.
                    ``(D) Land acquisition.--No land or interest in 
                land outside the exterior boundaries of any federally 
                administered area may be acquired by the United States 
                for the trail except with the consent of the owner of 
                the land or interest in land.
                    ``(E) Public participation.--The Secretary of the 
                Interior shall--
                            ``(i) encourage communities, owners of land 
                        along the trail, and volunteer trail groups to 
                        participate in the planning, development, and 
                        maintenance of the trail; and
                            ``(ii) consult with other affected 
                        landowners and Federal, State, and local 
                        agencies in the administration of the trail.
                    ``(F) Interpretation and assistance.--Subject to 
                the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of 
                the Interior may provide, to State and local 
                governments and nonprofit organizations, interpretive 
                programs and services and technical assistance for use 
                in--
                            ``(i) carrying out preservation and 
                        development of the trail; and
                            ``(ii) providing education relating to the 
                        War of 1812 along the trail.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2007.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1388

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled 
Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of 
                 Columbia as a National Historic Trail.