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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1524

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative 

trail in connection with the Women’s Rights National Historical Park 

to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with 

the struggle for women’s suffrage, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 31, 2003

Ms. SLAUGHTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 

commemorative trail in connection with the Women’s 

Rights National Historical Park to link properties that 

are historically and thematically associated with the 

struggle for women’s suffrage, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Votes for Women His5 tory Trail Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOTES FOR WOMEN HISTORY 

2 TRAIL AS FEATURE OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS NA3 TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

4 Title XVI of Public Law 96–607, which established 

5 the Women’s Rights National Historical Park, is amended 

6 by inserting after section 1601 (16 U.S.C. 410ll) the fol7 lowing new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 1602. VOTES FOR WOMEN HISTORY TRAIL. 

9 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) The women’s rights movement is one of 

11 the three great protest traditions in United States 

12 history, sharing that status with the struggle for ra13 cial equality and the labor movement. 

14 ‘‘(2) There is an opportunity for the Women’s 

15 Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls and 

16 Waterloo, New York, to work in partnership with 

17 historically and thematically related properties in the 

18 corridor between Syracuse and Rochester, New 

19 York, to tell the story of the 72-year fight for wom20 en’s suffrage. 

21 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAIL.—The Secretary of 

22 the Interior shall establish an auto tour route, to be known 

23 as the ‘Votes for Women History Trail’, to link properties 

24 in the State of New York that are historically and themati25 cally associated with the struggle for women’s suffrage in 

26 the United States. 
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1 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Votes for Women His2 tory Trail shall be administered by the National Park 

3 Service through the Women’s Rights National Historical 

4 Park. 

5 ‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—To facilitate the establishment of 

6 the Votes for Women History Trail and the dissemination 

7 of information regarding the Trail, the Secretary shall—

8 ‘‘(1) produce and disseminate appropriate edu9 cational materials regarding the Trail, such as hand10 books, maps, exhibits, signs, interpretive guides, and 

11 electronic information; 

12 ‘‘(2) coordinate the management, planning, and 

13 standards of the auto route in partnership with par14 ticipating properties, other Federal agencies, and 

15 State and local governments; 

16 ‘‘(3) create and adopt an official, uniform sym17 bol or device to mark the Votes for Women History 

18 Trail; and 

19 ‘‘(4) issue guidelines for the use of such symbol 

20 or device. 

21 ‘‘(e) ELEMENTS OF TRAIL.—The Secretary may des22 ignate as an official stop on the Votes for Women History 

23 Trail any of the following properties, subject to the con24 sent of the owner of the property: 
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1 ‘‘(1) All units and programs of Women’s Rights 

2 National Historical Park that pertain to the struggle 

3 for women’s suffrage. 

4 ‘‘(2) Other Federal, State, local, and privately 

5 owned properties that the Secretary determines have 

6 a verifiable connection to the struggle for women’s 

7 suffrage. 

8 ‘‘(3) Other governmental and nongovernmental 

9 facilities and programs of an educational, commemo10 rative, research, or interpretive nature that the Sec11 retary determines to be directly related to the strug12 gle for women’s suffrage. 

13 ‘‘(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA

14 OF UNDERSTANDING.—

15 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZED.—To facilitate the establish16 ment of the Votes for Women History Trail and to 

17 ensure effective coordination of the Federal and non18 Federal properties designated as stops along the 

19 Trail, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 

20 agreements and memorandums of understanding 

21 with, and provide technical and financial assistance 

22 to, other Federal agencies, the State of New York, 

23 localities, regional governmental bodies, and private 

24 entities. 
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1 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec3 retary of the Interior $250,000 for each of the fiscal 

4 years 2004 through 2008 to provide financial assist5 ance to cooperating properties pursuant to agree6 ments or memorandums entered into under para7 graph (1). Amounts authorized for financial assist8 ance but not appropriated in a fiscal year shall be 

9 available for appropriation in subsequent fiscal 

10 years.’’.

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