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Calendar No. 671 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5466 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 6, 2006 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL 

7 HISTORIC TRAILS. 

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

9 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(25) CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH CHESAPEAKE NA2 TIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The John Smith 

4 Chesapeake National Historic Trail, a series of 

5 water routes extending approximately 3,000 

6 miles along the Chesapeake Bay and the tribu7 taries of the Chesapeake Bay in the States of 

8 Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, and in the 

9 District of Columbia, that traces the 1607-1609 

10 voyages of Captain John Smith to chart the 

11 land and waterways of the Chesapeake Bay, as 

12 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Captain 

13 John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail 

14 Map MD, VA, DE, and DC’, numbered P-16/ 

15 8000 (CAJO), and dated May 2006. 

16 ‘‘(B) MAP.—The map referred to in sub17 paragraph (A) shall be on file and available for 

18 public inspection in the appropriate offices of 

19 the National Park Service. 

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

21 administered by the Secretary of the Interior— 

22 ‘‘(i) in coordination with— 

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1 tive Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; 

2 112 Stat. 2961); and 

3 ‘‘(II) the Chesapeake Bay Pro4 gram authorized under section 117 of 

5 the Federal Water Pollution Control 

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

7 ‘‘(ii) in consultation with— 

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

9 regional, and local agencies; and 

10 ‘‘(II) the private sector. 

11 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—The United 

12 States shall not acquire for the trail any land 

13 or interest in land outside the exterior boundary 

14 of any federally-managed area without the con15 sent of the owner of the land or interest in 

16 land.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. CHANGE IN AUTHORIZATION. 

18 Section 4 of the Act of July 3, 1930 (16 U.S.C. 81f), 

19 is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘10,472,000’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘8,572,000’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 5, 

2006. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 671 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5466 

AN ACT 

To amend the National Trails System Act to destional Historic Trail. ignate the Captain John Smith Chesapeake NaDECEMBER 6, 2006 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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