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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4072
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative
trail in connection with the Women’s Rights National Historical Park
to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with
the struggle for women’s suffrage, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 2002
Ms. SLAUGHTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a
commemorative trail in connection with the Women’s
Rights National Historical Park to link properties that
are historically and thematically associated with the
struggle for women’s suffrage, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Votes for Women His-
tory Trail Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOTES FOR WOMEN HISTORY
TRAIL AS FEATURE OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
Title XVI of Public Law 96–607, which established
the Women’s Rights National Historical Park, is amended
by inserting after section 1601 (16 U.S.C. 410ll) the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘SEC. 1602. VOTES FOR WOMEN HISTORY TRAIL.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
‘‘(1) The women’s rights movement is one of
the three great protest traditions in United States
history, sharing that status with the struggle for ra-
cial equality and the labor movement.
‘‘(2) There is an opportunity for the Women’s
Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls and
Waterloo, New York, to work in partnership with
historically and thematically related properties in the
corridor between Syracuse and Rochester, New
York, to tell the story of the 72-year fight for wom-
en’s suffrage.
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAIL.—The Secretary of
the Interior shall establish an auto tour route, to be known
as the ‘Votes for Women History Trail’, to link properties
in the State of New York that are historically and themati-
cally associated with the struggle for women’s suffrage in
the United States.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Votes for Women His-
tory Trail shall be administered by the National Park
Service through the Women’s Rights National Historical
Park.
‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—To facilitate the establishment of
the Votes for Women History Trail and the dissemination
of information regarding the Trail, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) produce and disseminate appropriate edu-
cational materials regarding the Trail, such as hand-
books, maps, exhibits, signs, interpretive guides, and
electronic information;
‘‘(2) coordinate the management, planning, and
standards of the auto route in partnership with par-
ticipating properties, other Federal agencies, and
State and local governments;
‘‘(3) create and adopt an official, uniform sym-
bol or device to mark the Votes for Women History
Trail; and
‘‘(4) issue guidelines for the use of such symbol
or device.
‘‘(e) ELEMENTS OF TRAIL.—The Secretary may des-
ignate as an official stop on the Votes for Women History
Trail any of the following properties, subject to the con-
sent of the owner of the property:
‘‘(1) All units and programs of Women’s Rights
National Historical Park that pertain to the struggle
for women’s suffrage.
‘‘(2) Other Federal, State, local, and privately
owned properties that the Secretary determines have
a verifiable connection to the struggle for women’s
suffrage.
‘‘(3) Other governmental and nongovernmental
facilities and programs of an educational, commemo-
rative, research, or interpretive nature that the Sec-
retary determines to be directly related to the strug-
gle for women’s suffrage.
‘‘(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA
OF UNDERSTANDING.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZED.—To facilitate the establish-
ment of the Votes for Women History Trail and to
ensure effective coordination of the Federal and non-
Federal properties designated as stops along the
Trail, the Secretary may enter into cooperative
agreements and memorandums of understanding
with, and provide technical and financial assistance
to, other Federal agencies, the State of New York,
localities, regional governmental bodies, and private
entities.
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of the Interior $250,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2003 through 2007 to provide financial assist-
ance to cooperating properties pursuant to agree-
ments or memorandums entered into under para-
graph (1). Amounts authorized for financial assist-
ance but not appropriated in a fiscal year shall be
available for appropriation in subsequent fiscal
years.’’.
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