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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1524
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 31, 2003
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 2003’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOTES FOR WOMEN HISTORY 
TRAIL AS FEATURE OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS NA-
TIONAL 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 2004 through 2008 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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