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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2052 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2004 

Referred to the Committee on Resources 

AN ACT 

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate El 

Camino Real de los Tejas 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 ‘‘El Camino Real de 

5 los Tejas National Historic Trail Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS 

2 NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL. 

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

4 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(24) EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS NATIONAL

7 HISTORIC TRAIL.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—El Camino Real de los 

9 Tejas (the Royal Road to the Tejas) National His10 toric Trail, a combination of historic routes (includ11 ing the Old San Antonio Road) totaling approxi12 mately 2,580 miles, extending from the Rio Grande 

13 near Eagle Pass and Laredo, Texas, to 

14 Natchitoches, Louisiana, as generally depicted on 

15 the map entitled ‘El Camino Real de los Tejas’ con16 tained in the report entitled ‘National Historic Trail 

17 Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment: El 

18 Camino Real de los Tejas, Texas-Louisiana’, dated 

19 July 1998. 

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

21 shall be on file and available for public inspection in 

22 the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 

23 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—(i) The Secretary of 

24 the Interior (referred to in this paragraph as ‘the 

25 Secretary’) shall administer the trail. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) The Secretary shall administer those por2 tions of the trail on non-Federal land only with the 

3 consent of the owner of such land and when such 

4 trail portion qualifies for certification as an officially 

5 established component of the trail, consistent with 

6 section 3(a)(3). An owner’s approval of a certifi7 cation agreement shall satisfy the consent require8 ment. A certification agreement may be terminated 

9 at any time. 

10 ‘‘(iii) The designation of the trail does not au11 thorize any person to enter private property without 

12 the consent of the owner. 

13 ‘‘(D) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall 

14 consult with appropriate State and local agencies in 

15 the planning and development of the trail. 

16 ‘‘(E) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The Sec17 retary may coordinate with United States and Mexi18 can public and nongovernmental organizations, aca19 demic institutions, and, in consultation with the Sec20 retary of State, the Government of Mexico and its 

21 political subdivisions, for the purpose of exchanging 

22 trail information and research, fostering trail preser23 vation and educational programs, providing technical 

24 assistance, and working to establish an international 
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1 historic trail with complementary preservation and 

2 education programs in each nation. 

3 ‘‘(F) LAND ACQUISITION.—The United States 

4 shall not acquire for the trail any land or interest 

5 in land outside the exterior boundary of any feder6 ally-administered area without the consent of the 

7 owner of the land or interest in land.’’. 

Passed the Senate September 15, 2004. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.