[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 152 (Wednesday, November 16, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S13053]
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            STAR-SPANGLED BANNER NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL ACT

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 958) to amend the 
National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail 
in the State of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a 
National Historic Trail, which had been reported from the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, with amendments, as follows:
       [Strike the parts shown in black brackets and insert the 
     parts shown in italic.]

                                 S. 958

       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:
       ``(25) Star-spangled banner national historic trail.--
       [``(A) In general.--The Star-Spangled Banner National 
     Historic Trail (referred to in this paragraph as the 
     `trail'), an approximately 290-mile long trail extending from 
     southern]
       ``(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 
     [draft] 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.
       ``(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.''.

  The committee amendments were agreed to.
  The bill (S. 958), as amended, was read the third time and passed, as 
follows:

                                 S. 958

       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:
       ``(25) Star-spangled banner national historic trail.--
       ``(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 
     draft 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.
       ``(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.''.

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