[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 108 (Thursday, August 1, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S8018]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               OLD SPANISH TRAIL RECOGNITION ACT OF 2002

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 1946) to amend the 
National Trails System Act to designate the Old Spanish Trail as a 
National Historic Trail, which had been reported from the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, with amendments, as follows:
  (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in 
italic)

                                S. 1946

       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 ``Old Spanish Trail 
     Recognition Act of 2002''.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.

       Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1244(a)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating the second paragraph (21) as paragraph 
     (22); and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(23) Old spanish national historic trail.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Old Spanish National Historic Trail, 
     an approximately [3,500] 2,700 mile long trail extending from 
     Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, that served 
     as a major trade route between 1829 and 1848, as generally 
     depicted on the [map contained in the report prepared under 
     subsection (b)] maps numbered 1 through 9, as contained in 
     the report entitled ``Old Spanish Trail National Historic 
     Trail Feasibility Study'', dated July 2001, including the 
     Armijo Route, Northern Route, North Branch, and Mojave 
     Road''.
     [``(B) Map.--A map generally depicting the trail shall be on 
     file and available for public inspection in the office of the 
     Director of the National Park Service.]
       ``(B) Map.--A map generally depicting the trail shall be on 
     file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
     offices of the Department of the Interior.''.
       ``(C) Administration.--The trail shall be administered by 
     the Secretary of the [Interior, acting through the Director 
     of the National Park Service] Interior (referred to in this 
     paragraph as the `Secretary').
       ``(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.
       ``(E) Consultation.--The Secretary shall consult with other 
     Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies in the 
     administration of the trail.
       ``(F) Additional routes.--The Secretary may designate 
     additional routes to the trail if--
       ``(i) the additional routes were included in the Old 
     Spanish Trail National Historic Trail Feasibility Study, but 
     were not recommended for designation as a national historic 
     trail; and
       ``(ii) the Secretary determines that the additional routes 
     were used for trade and commerce between 1829 and 1848.''.
  The committee amendments were agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1946), as amended, was read the third time and passed.
  (The bill will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)

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