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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 700

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Ala Kahakai

Trail as a National Historic Trail.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 24, 1999

Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. INOUYE) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

A BILL

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the

Ala Kahakai Trail 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ala Kahakai National

5 Historic Trail Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds that—

8 (1) the Ala Kahakai (Trail by the Sea) is an

9 important part of the ancient trail known as the
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1 ‘‘Ala Loa’’ (the long trail), which circumscribes the

2 island of Hawaii;

3 (2) the Ala Loa was the major land route con4 necting 600 or more communities of the island king5 dom of Hawaii from 1400 to 1700;

6 (3) the trail is associated with many prehistoric

7 and historic housing areas of the island of Hawaii,

8 nearly all the royal centers, and most of the major

9 temples of the island;

10 (4) the use of the Ala Loa is also associated

11 with many rulers of the kingdom of Hawaii, with

12 battlefields and the movement of armies during their

13 reigns, and with annual taxation;

14 (5) the use of the trail played a significant part

15 in events that affected Hawaiian history and culture,

16 including—

17 (A) Captain Cook’s landing and subse18 quent death in 1779;

19 (B) Kamehameha I’s rise to power and

20 consolidation of the Hawaiian Islands under

21 monarchical rule; and

22 (C) the death of Kamehameha in 1819,

23 followed by the overthrow of the ancient reli24 gious system, the Kapu, and the arrival of the

25 first western missionaries in 1820; and
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1 (6) the trail—

2 (A) was used throughout the 19th and

3 20th centuries and continues in use today; and

4 (B) contains a variety of significant cul5 tural and natural resources.

6 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.

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

8 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended—

9 (1) by designating the paragraphs relating to

10 the California National Historic Trail, the Pony Ex11 press National Historic Trail, and the Selma to

12 Montgomery National Historic Trail as paragraphs

13 (18), (19), and (20), respectively; and

14 (2) by adding at the end the following:

15 ‘‘(21) ALA KAHAKAI NATIONAL HISTORIC

16 TRAIL.—

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Ala Kahakai Na18 tional Historic Trail (the Trail by the Sea), a

19 175 mile long trail extending from Upolu Point

20 on the north tip of Hawaii Island down the

21 west coast of the Island around Ka Lae to the

22 east boundary of Hawaii Volcanoes National

23 Park at the ancient shoreline temple known as

24 ‘Wahaulu’, as generally depicted on the map en25 titled ‘Ala Kahakai Trail’, contained in the re-
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1 port prepared pursuant to subsection (b) enti2 tled ‘Ala Kahakai National Trail Study and En3 vironmental Impact Statement’, dated January

4 1998.

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

6 trail shall be on file and available for public in7 spection in the Office of the National Park

8 Service, Department of the Interior.

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

10 administered by the Secretary of the Interior.

11 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—No land or in12 terest in land outside the exterior boundaries of

13 any federally administered area may be ac14 quired by the United States for the trail except

15 with the consent of the owner of the land or in16 terest in land.

17 ‘‘(E) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; CONSULTA18 TION.—The Secretary of the Interior shall—

19 ‘‘(i) encourage communities and own20 ers of land along the trail, native Hawai21 ians, and volunteer trail groups to partici22 pate in the planning, development, and

23 maintenance of the trail; and

24 ‘‘(ii) consult with affected Federal,

25 State, and local agencies, native Hawaiian
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1 groups, and landowners in the administra2 tion of the trail.’’.

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