[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 147 (Thursday, November 14, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H8912]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               OLD SPANISH TRAIL RECOGNITION ACT OF 2002

  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Resources be discharged from further consideration of the Senate 
bill (S. 1946) to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
Old Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail, and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Utah?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

                                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 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 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 appropriate 
     offices of the Department of the Interior.''.
       ``(C) Administration.--The trail shall be administered by 
     the Secretary of the 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 Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 
third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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