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Calendar No. 552 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2568 

[Report No. 109–309] 

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Captain John 

Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 6, 2006 

Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. WARNER, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. 

BIDEN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. SANTORUM, and Mr. SPECTER) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

JULY 31, 2006 

Reported by Mr. DOMENICI, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. 

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 ‘‘Captain John Smith 

5 Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL 

2 HISTORIC TRAILS. 

3 Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 

4 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(25) CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH CHESAPEAKE NA7 TIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Captain John 

9 Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, a 

10 series of water routes extending approximately 

11 3,000 miles along the Chesapeake Bay and the 

12 tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay in the States 

13 of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Dela14 ware, and in the District of Columbia, that 

15 traces the 1607 and 1608 voyages of Captain 

16 John Smith to chart the land and waterways of 

17 the Chesapeake Bay. 

18 ‘‘(B) MAP.—A map generally depicting the 

19 trail shall be on file and available for public in20 spection in the appropriate offices of the Na21 tional Park Service. 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Captain John 

23 Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, a se24 ries of water routes extending approximately 

25 3,000 miles along the Chesapeake Bay and the 

26 tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay in the States 


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1 of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, and in the 

2 District of Columbia, that traces the 1607–1609 

3 voyages of Captain John Smith to chart the land 

4 and waterways of the Chesapeake Bay, as gen5 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘Captain 

6 John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail 

7 Map MD, VA, DE, and DC’, numbered P–16/ 

8 80000 (CAJO), and dated May 2006. 

9 ‘‘(B) MAP.—The map referred to in sub10 paragraph (A) shall be on file and available for 

11 public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

12 National Park Service. 

13 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail shall be 

14 administered by the Secretary of the Interior— 

15 ‘‘(i) in coordination with— 

16 ‘‘(I) the Chesapeake Bay Gate17 ways and Watertrails Network author18 ized under the Chesapeake Bay Initia19 tive Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; 

20 112 Stat. 2961); and 

21 ‘‘(II) the Chesapeake Bay Pro22 gram authorized under section 117 of 

23 the Federal Water Pollution Control 

24 Act (33 U.S.C. 1267); and 

25 ‘‘(ii) in consultation with— 


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1 ‘‘(I) other Federal, State, tribal, 

2 regional, and local agencies; and 

3 ‘‘(II) the private sector. 

4 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—The United 

5 States shall not acquire for the trail any land 

6 or interest in land outside the exterior boundary 

7 of any federally-managed area without the con8 sent of the owner of the land or interest in 

9 land.’’. 


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Calendar No. 552 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2568 

[Report No. 109

–309] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to destional Historic Trail. ignate the Captain John Smith Chesapeake NaJULY 31, 2006 

Reported with an amendment 


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