110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1388 

AN ACT 

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 ‘‘(ll) STAR-SPANGLED BANNER NATIONAL

9 HISTORIC 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 Tangier 

14 Island, Virginia, through southern Maryland, 

15 the District of Columbia, and northern Virginia, 

16 in the Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent River, Poto17 mac River, and north to the Patapsco River, 

18 and Baltimore, Maryland, commemorating the 

19 Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812 (in20 cluding the British invasion of Washington, 

21 District of Columbia, and its associated feints, 

22 and the Battle of Baltimore in summer 1814), 

23 as generally depicted on the map titled ‘Star24 Spangled Banner National Historic Trail’, 

25 numbered T02/80,000, and dated June 2007. 
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1 ‘‘(B) MAP.—The map referred to in sub2 paragraph (A) shall be maintained on file and 

3 available for public inspection in the appro4 priate offices of the National Park Service. 

5 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to sub6 paragraph (E)(ii), the trail shall be adminis7 tered by the Secretary of the Interior. 

8 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—No land or in9 terest in land outside the exterior boundaries of 

10 any federally administered area may be ac11 quired by the United States for the trail except 

12 with the consent of the owner of the land or in13 terest in land. 

14 ‘‘(E) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The Sec15 retary of the Interior shall— 

16 ‘‘(i) encourage communities, owners of 

17 land along the trail, and volunteer trail 

18 groups to participate in the planning, de19 velopment, and maintenance of the trail; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(ii) consult with other affected land22 owners and Federal, State, and local agen23 cies in the administration of the trail. 

24 ‘‘(F) INTERPRETATION AND ASSIST25 ANCE.—Subject to the availability of appropria-
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1 tions, the Secretary of the Interior may provide, 

2 to State and local governments and nonprofit 

3 organizations, interpretive programs and serv4 ices and 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.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2007. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1388 

AN ACT 

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