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Calendar No. 285 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1388 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2007 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 National Historic Trail Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF TRAIL. 

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

8 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(ll) STAR-SPANGLED BANNER NATIONAL

2 HISTORIC TRAIL.— 

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

4 Banner National Historic Trail, a trail con5 sisting of water and overland routes totaling ap6 proximately 290 miles, extending from Tangier 

7 Island, Virginia, through southern Maryland, 

8 the District of Columbia, and northern Virginia, 

9 in the Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent River, Poto10 mac River, and north to the Patapsco River, 

11 and Baltimore, Maryland, commemorating the 

12 Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812 (in13 cluding the British invasion of Washington, 

14 District of Columbia, and its associated feints, 

15 and the Battle of Baltimore in summer 1814), 

16 as generally depicted on the map titled ‘Star17 Spangled Banner National Historic Trail’, 

18 numbered T02/80,000, and dated June 2007. 

19 ‘‘(B) MAP.—The map referred to in sub20 paragraph (A) shall be maintained on file and 

21 available for public inspection in the appro22 priate offices of the National Park Service. 

23 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to sub24 paragraph (E)(ii), the trail shall be adminis25 tered by the Secretary of the Interior. 


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1 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—No land or in2 terest in land outside the exterior boundaries of 

3 any federally administered area may be ac4 quired by the United States for the trail except 

5 with the consent of the owner of the land or in6 terest in land. 

7 ‘‘(E) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The Sec8 retary of the Interior shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) encourage communities, owners of 

10 land along the trail, and volunteer trail 

11 groups to participate in the planning, de12 velopment, and maintenance of the trail; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(ii) consult with other affected land15 owners and Federal, State, and local agen16 cies in the administration of the trail. 

17 ‘‘(F) INTERPRETATION AND ASSIST18 ANCE.—Subject to the availability of appropria19 tions, the Secretary of the Interior may provide, 

20 to State and local governments and nonprofit 

21 organizations, interpretive programs and serv22 ices and technical assistance for use in— 

23 ‘‘(i) carrying out preservation and de24 velopment of the trail; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) providing education relating to 

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

Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 

By DEBORAH M. SPRIGGS, 

Deputy Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 285 

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 

JULY 24, 2007 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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