I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1388 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2007 
Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. HOYER, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. MORAN of Vir-
ginia, Mr. WYNN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, and Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Star-Spangled Banner 
National Historic Trail Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF TRAIL. 
Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(25) STAR-SPANGLED BANNER NATIONAL HIS-
TORIC TRAIL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Star-Spangled 
Banner National Historic Trail, a trail con-
sisting of water and overland routes totaling ap-
proximately 290 miles extending from southern 
Maryland through the District of Columbia and 
Virginia, and north to Baltimore, Maryland, 
commemorating the Chesapeake Campaign of 
the War of 1812 (including the British invasion 
of Washington, District of Columbia, and its 
associated feints and the Battle of Baltimore in 
summer 1814), as generally depicted on the 
maps contained in the report entitled ‘Star- 
Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Feasi-
bility Study and Environmental Impact State-
ment’, and dated March 2004. 
‘‘(B) MAP.—A map generally depicting the 
trail shall be maintained on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices 
of the National Park Service. 
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‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to sub-
paragraph (E)(ii), the trail shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—No land or in-
terest in land outside the exterior boundaries of 
any federally administered area may be ac-
quired by the United States for the trail except 
with the consent of the owner of the land or in-
terest in land. 
‘‘(E) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall— 
‘‘(i) encourage communities, owners of 
land along the trail, and volunteer trail 
groups to participate in the planning, de-
velopment, and maintenance of the trail; 
and 
‘‘(ii) consult with other affected land-
owners and Federal, State, and local agen-
cies in the administration of the trail. 
‘‘(F) 
INTERPRETATION
AND
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, the Secretary of the Interior may provide 
to State and local governments and nonprofit 
organizations interpretive programs and serv-
ices and, through Fort McHenry National 
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Monument and Shrine, technical assistance, for 
use in carrying out preservation and develop-
ment of, and education relating to the War of 
1812 along, the trail.’’. 
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