116 HR 434 EH: Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act U.S. House of Representatives text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB 116th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 434 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the study of the Emancipation National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act.

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Emancipation National Historic Trail study

Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (47)

Emancipation national historic trail

The Emancipation National Historic Trail, extending approximately 51 miles from the Osterman Building and Reedy Chapel in Galveston, Texas, along Texas State Highway 3 and Interstate Highway 45 North, to Freedmen’s Town, then to Independence Heights and Emancipation Park in Houston, Texas, following the migration route taken by newly freed slaves and other persons of African descent from the major 19th century seaport town of Galveston to the burgeoning community of Freedmen’s Town, located in the 4th Ward of Houston, Texas..

Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2019.Cheryl L. Johnson,Clerk.