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Union Calendar No. 159 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1388 
[Report No. 110–250] 
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 
JULY 23, 2007 
Additional sponsor: Mr. CUMMINGS 
JULY 23, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 7, 2007] 
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. 
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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’’. 
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: 
‘‘(ll) 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 Tangier 
Island, Virginia, through southern Maryland, the 
District of Columbia, and northern Virginia, in 
the Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent River, Potomac 
River, and north to the Patapsco River, and 
Baltimore, 
Maryland, 
commemorating 
the 
Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812 (in-
cluding the British invasion of Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, and its associated feints, and 
the Battle of Baltimore in summer 1814), as 
generally depicted on the map titled ‘Star-Span-
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gled Banner National Historic Trail’, numbered 
T02/80,000, and dated June 2007. 
‘‘(B) MAP.—The map referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) shall be maintained on file and 
available for public inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the National Park Service. 
‘‘(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 acquired 
by the United States for the trail except with the 
consent of the owner of the land or interest 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. 
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‘‘(F) INTERPRETATION AND ASSISTANCE.— 
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
Secretary of the Interior may provide, to State 
and local governments and nonprofit organiza-
tions, interpretive programs and services and 
technical assistance for use in— 
‘‘(i) carrying out preservation and de-
velopment of the trail; and 
‘‘(ii) providing education relating to 
the War of 1812 along the trail.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 159 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1388 
[Report No. 110–250] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to des-
ignate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the 
States of Maryland and Virginia and the District 
of Columbia as a National Historic Trail. 
JULY 23, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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