Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Parity Act

Bill: 115-s-1644
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2017-07-27
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Delaware

District of Columbia

Historic sites and heritage areas

Lakes and rivers

Maryland

New York State

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Pennsylvania

Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Parity Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the National Trails System Act to require the Department of the Interior to administer the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, and the District of Columbia as a unit of the National Park System. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1644 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 27, 2017 Mr. Cardin (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To clarify the status of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail as a unit of the National Park System.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Parity Act . 2. Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Section 5(a)(25)(C) of the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(25)(C) ) is amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting as a unit of the National Park System after the Secretary of the Interior .