    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-111
    116th Congress

    An Act

    To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the study of the
    Emancipation National Historic Trail, and for other
    purposes. <>

    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 ``Emancipation National Historic Trail
    Study Act''.
    SEC. 2. 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.''.

    Approved January 27, 2020.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 434:
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-135 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
    Vol. 165 (2019):
    July 24, considered and passed
    House.
    Vol. 166 (2020):
    Jan. 13, considered and passed

    Senate.