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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2053

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled 

Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District 

of Columbia as a National Historic Trail. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 3, 2005

Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. GILCHREST) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 

Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States of Maryland 

and Virginia and the District of Columbia 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 ‘‘Star-Spangled Banner 

5 National Historic Trail Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF TRAIL. 

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

3 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(25) STAR-SPANGLED BANNER NATIONAL HIS6 TORIC TRAIL.—

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Star-Spangled 

8 Banner National Historic Trail (referred to in 

9 this paragraph as the ‘trail’), an approximately 

10 290-mile long trail extending from southern 

11 Maryland through the District of Columbia and 

12 Virginia, and north to Baltimore, Maryland, 

13 commemorating the Chesapeake Campaign of 

14 the War of 1812 (including the British invasion 

15 of Washington, District of Columbia, and its 

16 associated feints and the Battle of Baltimore in 

17 summer 1814), as generally depicted on the 

18 maps contained in the draft report entitled 

19 ‘Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail 

20 Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact 

21 Statement’, and dated March 2004. 

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

23 trail shall be maintained on file and available 

24 for public inspection in the appropriate offices 

25 of the National Park Service. 
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1 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to sub2 paragraph (E)(ii), the trail shall be adminis3 tered by the Secretary of the Interior. 

4 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—No land or in5 terest in land outside the exterior boundaries of 

6 any federally administered area may be ac7 quired by the United States for the trail except 

8 with the consent of the owner of the land or in9 terest in land. 

10 ‘‘(E) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The Sec11 retary of the Interior shall—

12 ‘‘(i) encourage communities, owners of 

13 land along the trail, and volunteer trail 

14 groups to participate in the planning, de15 velopment, and maintenance of the trail; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(ii) consult with other affected land18 owners and Federal, State, and local agen19 cies in the administration of the trail. 

20 ‘‘(F) INTERPRETATION AND ASSIST21 ANCE.—Subject to the availability of appropria22 tions, the Secretary of the Interior may provide 

23 to State and local governments and nonprofit 

24 organizations interpretive programs and serv25 ices and, through Fort McHenry National 
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1 Monument and Shrine, technical assistance, for 

2 use in carrying out preservation and develop3 ment of, and education relating to the War of 

4 1812 along, the trail.’’.

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