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Calendar No. 228 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 797 

[Report No. 110–98] 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 7, 2007 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. WARNER, Mr. WEBB, and Mr. 

KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

JUNE 26, 2007 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Star-Spangled Banner 

3 National Historic Trail Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF TRAIL. 

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

6 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(26) STAR-SPANGLED BANNER NATIONAL HIS9 TORIC TRAIL.— 

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

11 Banner National Historic Trail, a trail con12 sisting of water and overland routes totaling ap13 proximately 290 miles extending from southern 

14 Maryland through the District of Columbia and 

15 Virginia, and north to Baltimore, Maryland, 

16 commemorating the Chesapeake Campaign of 

17 the War of 1812 (including the British invasion 

18 of Washington, District of Columbia, and its 

19 associated feints and the Battle of Baltimore in 

20 summer 1814), as generally depicted on the 

21 maps contained in the report entitled ‘Star22 Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Feasi23 bility Study and Environmental Impact State24 ment’, and dated March 2004. 

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

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1 sisting of water and overland routes totaling ap2 proximately 290 miles extending from Tangier 

3 Island, Virginia, through southern Maryland, the 

4 District of Columbia, and northern Virginia in 

5 the Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent River, Potomac 

6 River, and north to the Patapsco River and Bal7 timore, Maryland, commemorating the Chesa8 peake Campaign of the War of 1812 (including 

9 the British invasion of Washington, District of 

10 Columbia, and its associated feints and the Bat11 tle of Baltimore in summer 1814), as generally 

12 depicted on the maps contained in the report en13 titled ‘Star-Spangled Banner National Historic 

14 Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental Im15 pact Statement’, and dated March 2004. 

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

17 trail shall be maintained on file and available 

18 for public inspection in the appropriate offices 

19 of the National Park Service. 

20 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to sub21 paragraph (E)(ii), the trail shall be adminis22 tered by the Secretary of the Interior. 

23 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—No land or in24 terest in land outside the exterior boundaries of 

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1 quired by the United States for the trail except 

2 with the consent of the owner of the land or in3 terest in land. 

4 ‘‘(E) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The Sec5 retary of the Interior shall— 

6 ‘‘(i) encourage communities, owners of 

7 land along the trail, and volunteer trail 

8 groups to participate in the planning, de9 velopment, and maintenance of the trail; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(ii) consult with other affected land12 owners and Federal, State, and local agen13 cies in the administration of the trail. 

14 ‘‘(F) INTERPRETATION AND ASSIST15 ANCE.—Subject to the availability of appropria16 tions, the Secretary of the Interior may provide 

17 to State and local governments and nonprofit 

18 organizations interpretive programs and serv19 ices and, through Fort McHenry National 

20 Monument and Shrine, technical assistance, for 

21 use in carrying out preservation and develop22 ment of, and education relating to the War of 

23 1812 along, the trail. 

24 ‘‘(F) INTERPRETATION AND ASSISTANCE.— 

25 Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 


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1 Secretary of the Interior may provide to State 

2 and local governments and nonprofit organiza3 tions interpretive programs and services and 

4 technical assistance for use in— 

5 ‘‘(i) carrying out preservation and de6 velopment of the trail; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) providing education relating to 

8 the War of 1812 along the trail.’’. 


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Calendar No. 228 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 797 

[Report No. 110

–98] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to desof Columbia as a National Historic Trail. States of Maryland and Virginia and the District ignate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the 

JUNE 26, 2007 

Reported with amendments 


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