S. 797 (110th): Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act

Introduced:
Mar 07, 2007 (110th Congress, 2007–2009)
Sponsor:
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Status:
Died (Reported by Committee)
See Instead:

H.R. 1388 (same title)
Passed House — Jul 23, 2007

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Status

This bill was introduced on May 23, 2007, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Mar 07, 2007
Referred to Committee Mar 07, 2007
Reported by Committee May 23, 2007
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors (3D, 1R) (show)
Committees

Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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Full Title

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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Last updated Mar 07, 2007.
6 pages

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6/26/2007--Reported to Senate amended.
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to include the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail (the Trail), a trail consisting of water and overland routes totaling approximately 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.
Requires the Trail to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. Prohibits any land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area from being acquired by the United States for the Trail except with the consent of the owner of such land or interest.
Instructs the Secretary to:
(1) encourage communities, landowners along the Trail, and volunteer trail groups to participate in the planning, development, and maintenance of the Trail; and
(2) consult with other affected landowners and federal, state, and local agencies in the administration of the Trail. Allows the Secretary to provide to state and local governments and nonprofit organizations interpretive programs and services and technical assistance for use in:
(1) carrying out preservation and development of the Trail: and
(2) providing education relating to the War of 1812 along, the Trail.

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