116 HR 434 RH: Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act U.S. House of Representatives 2019-06-27 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 Union Calendar No. 99 116th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 434 [Report No. 116–135] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 10, 2019 Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself, Mr. Lewis, Ms. Bass, Ms. Moore, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Butterfield, and Mr. Higgins of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources June 27, 2019 Additional sponsors: Mr. Meeks, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Weber of Texas, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Meng, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Yarmuth, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Clay, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Richmond, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Vela, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Cuellar, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Allred, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Escobar, and Ms. Johnson of Texas June 27, 2019 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 10, 2019 A BILL To designate 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..

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the study of the Emancipation National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.. June 27, 2019 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed