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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 434 

To designate the Emancipation National Historic Trail, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 10, 2019 

Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. BASS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. HURD of 

Texas, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, and Mr. HIGGINS of New York) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To designate the Emancipation National Historic Trail, and 

for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Emancipation National 

5 Historic Trail Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HIS7 TORIC TRAIL. 

8 (a) DESIGNATION OF EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HIS9 TORIC TRAIL.—Section 5(a) of the National Trails System 


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1 Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(ll) EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HISTORIC

4 TRAIL.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 

6 results of the study conducted under subsection 

7 (c)(ll), the Emancipation National Historic 

8 Trail, extending approximately 51 miles from 

9 the Osterman Building and Reedy Chapel in 

10 Galveston, Texas, along Texas State Highway 3 

11 and Interstate Highway 45 North, to Freed12 men’s Town and Emancipation Park in Hous13 ton, Texas, following the migration route taken 

14 by newly freed slaves and other persons of Afri15 can descent from the major 19th century sea16 port town of Galveston to the burgeoning com17 munity of Freedmen’s Town, located in the 4th 

18 Ward of Houston, Texas. 

19 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail shall be 

20 administered by the National Park Service, in 

21 cooperation with the relevant Federal, State, 

22 and local authorities. 

23 ‘‘(C) MAP.—The Secretary of the Interior 

24 shall make the map described in section 


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1 5(c)(ll)(B) available for public inspection in 

2 the appropriate offices of the Secretary.’’. 

3 (b) STUDY OF EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HISTORIC

4 TRAIL.—Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act 

5 (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(ll)(A) IN GENERAL.—The Emancipation 

8 National Historic Trail, extending approximately 51 

9 miles from the Osterman Building and Reedy Chapel 

10 in Galveston, Texas, along Texas State Highway 3 

11 and Interstate Highway 45 North, to Freedmen’s 

12 Town and Emancipation Park in Houston, Texas. 

13 ‘‘(B) MAP.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 

14 include in the study a map of the trail described in 

15 subparagraph (A). 

16 ‘‘(C) COMPLETION DATE.—The study shall be 

17 completed not later than one year after the date of 

18 the enactment of this paragraph.’’. 

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized $5,000,000 for purposes of this Act. 

21 (d) DATE OF ENACTMENT OF DESIGNATION.—Sub22 section (a) shall be enacted upon the date that the study 

23 required by the amendment made in subsection (b) has 

24 been submitted to Congress. 

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