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Union Calendar No. 277

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1129

[Report No. 104–567]

To amend the National Trails Systems Act to designate the route from

Selma to Montgomery as a National Historic Trail.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 3, 1995

Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr.

BALDACCI, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. BROWN of

Florida, Mr. BRYANT of Texas, Mr. CLAY, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. CLYBURN,

Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DELLUMS,

Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr.

FILNER, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FRAZER, Mr.

FROST, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. JACOBS, Ms.

JACKSON-LEE, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of

Texas, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr.

MCDERMOTT, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr.

OWENS, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. SCOTT, Mr.

STUPAK, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TUCKER, Mr. UNDERWOOD,

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WARD, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr. WYNN, Mr. REYNOLDS, Miss COLLINS of Michigan, Ms.

MCKINNEY, Mr. MFUME, Ms. WATERS, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr.

STOKES, and Mr. DIXON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

MAY 8, 1996

Additional sponsors: Ms. RIVERS, Mr. BROWDER, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. BONIOR,

Ms. NORTON, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr.

BACHUS, and Mr. EVERETT

MAY 8, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To amend the National Trails Systems Act to designate

the route from Selma to Montgomery as a 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 That section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16

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

5 the following new paragraph:

6 ‘‘( ) The Selma to Montgomery National Historic

7 Trail, consisting of 54 miles of city streets and United

8 States Highway 80 from Brown Chapel to A.M.E. Church

9 in Selma to the State Capitol Building in Montgomery,

10 Alabama, traveled by voting rights advocates during

11 March 1965 to dramatize the need for voting rights legis12 lation, as generally described in the report of the Secretary

13 of the Interior prepared pursuant to subsection (b) of this

14 section entitled ‘Selma to Montgomery’ and dated April

15 1993. Maps depicting the route shall be on file and avail16 able for public inspection in the Office of the National

17 Park Service, Department of the Interior. The trail shall

18 be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. In the

19 administration of the trail, the Secretary shall cooperate
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1 with State and local authorities to preserve historic sites,

2 including (but not limited to) the Edmund Pettus Bridge

3 and the Brown Chapel AME Church.’’.

4 That section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16

5 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof

6 the following new paragraph:

7 ‘‘( ) The Selma to Montgomery National Historic

8 Trail, consisting of 54 miles of city streets and United

9 States Highway 80 from Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in

10 Selma to the State Capitol Building in Montgomery, Ala11 bama, traveled by voting rights advocates during March

12 1965 to dramatize the need for voting rights legislation, as

13 generally described in the report of the Secretary of the Inte14 rior prepared pursuant to subsection (b) of this section enti15 tled ‘Selma to Montgomery’ and dated April 1993. Maps

16 depicting the route shall be on file and available for public

17 inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, De18 partment of the Interior. The trail shall be administered

19 in accordance with this Act, including section 7(h). The

20 Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park

21 Service, which shall be the lead Federal agency, shall co22 operate with other Federal, State and local authorities to

23 preserve historic sites along the route, including (but not

24 limited to) the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Brown

25 Chapel A.M.E. Church.’’.
Union Calendar No. 277

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1129

[Report No. 104–567]

A BILL

To amend the National Trails Systems Act to desa National Historic Trail. ignate the route from Selma to Montgomery as

MAY 8, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and