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Calendar No. 242 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 958 

[Report No. 109–150] 

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 

APRIL 28, 2005 

Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Ms. MIKULSKI, and Mr. ALLEN) introduced the 

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

OCTOBER 19, 2005 

Reported by Mr. DOMENICI, 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 ‘‘(25) STAR-SPANGLED BANNER NATIONAL HIS9 TORIC TRAIL.— 

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

11 Banner National Historic Trail (referred to in 

12 this paragraph as the ‘trail’), an approximately 

13 290-mile long trail extending from southern 

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

15 Banner National Historic Trail, a trail con16 sisting of water and overland routes totaling ap17 proximately 290 miles extending from southern 

18 Maryland through the District of Columbia and 

19 Virginia, and north to Baltimore, Maryland, 

20 commemorating the Chesapeake Campaign of 

21 the War of 1812 (including the British invasion 

22 of Washington, District of Columbia, and its 

23 associated feints and the Battle of Baltimore in 

24 summer 1814), as generally depicted on the 

25 maps contained in the draft report entitled 

26 ‘Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail 
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1 Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact 

2 Statement’, and dated March 2004. 

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

4 trail shall be maintained on file and available 

5 for public inspection in the appropriate offices 

6 of the National Park Service. 

7 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to sub8 paragraph (E)(ii), the trail shall be adminis9 tered by the Secretary of the Interior. 

10 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—No land or in11 terest in land outside the exterior boundaries of 

12 any federally administered area may be ac13 quired by the United States for the trail except 

14 with the consent of the owner of the land or in15 terest in land. 

16 ‘‘(E) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The Sec17 retary of the Interior shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) encourage communities, owners of 

19 land along the trail, and volunteer trail 

20 groups to participate in the planning, de21 velopment, and maintenance of the trail; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(ii) consult with other affected land24 owners and Federal, State, and local agen25 cies in the administration of the trail. 
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1 ‘‘(F) INTERPRETATION AND ASSIST2 ANCE.—Subject to the availability of appropria3 tions, the Secretary of the Interior may provide 

4 to State and local governments and nonprofit 

5 organizations interpretive programs and serv6 ices and, through Fort McHenry National 

7 Monument and Shrine, technical assistance, for 

8 use in carrying out preservation and develop9 ment of, and education relating to the War of 

10 1812 along, the trail.’’. 

Calendar No. 242 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 958 

[Report No. 109–150] 

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 

OCTOBER 19, 2005 

Reported with amendments