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                                                       Calendar No. 228
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 797

                          [Report No. 110-98]

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 7, 2007

 Mr. Cardin (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Warner, Mr. Webb, and Mr. 
   Kennedy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                             June 26, 2007

               Reported by Mr. Bingaman, with amendments
  [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 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:
            ``(26) Star-spangled banner national historic trail.--
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--The Star-Spangled 
                Banner National Historic Trail, a trail consisting of 
                water and overland routes totaling approximately 290 
                miles extending from southern Maryland through the 
                District of Columbia and Virginia, and north to 
                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 maps contained in 
                the report entitled `Star-Spangled Banner National 
                Historic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental 
                Impact Statement', and dated March 2004.</DELETED>
                    ``(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 maps contained in 
                the report entitled `Star-Spangled Banner National 
                Historic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental 
                Impact Statement', and dated March 2004.
                    ``(B) Map.--A map generally depicting the trail 
                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.
                <DELETED>    ``(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, through Fort 
                McHenry National Monument and Shrine, technical 
                assistance, for use in carrying out preservation and 
                development of, and education relating to the War of 
                1812 along, the trail.</DELETED>
                    ``(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.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 228

110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 797

                          [Report No. 110-98]

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                                 A BILL

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.

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                             June 26, 2007

                        Reported with amendments