Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (a series of water routes extending approximately 3,000 miles along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the District of Columbia that traces the 1607 and 1609 voyages of Captain John Smith to chart the land and waterways of the Chesapeake Bay).

Requires the Trail to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in coordination with: (1) the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network authorized under the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998; and (2) the Chesapeake Bay Program authorized under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

Prohibits the United States from acquiring for the Trail any land or interest in land outside the exterior boundary of any federally-managed area without the consent of the owner of such land or interest.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2568 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2568

 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Captain John 
               Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 6, 2006

  Mr. Sarbanes (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Allen, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
 Biden, and Mr. Carper) introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Captain John 
               Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Captain John Smith Chesapeake 
National Historic Trail Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS.

    Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(25) Captain john smith chesapeake national historic 
        trail.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Captain John Smith 
                Chesapeake National Historic Trail, a series of water 
                routes extending approximately 3,000 miles along the 
                Chesapeake Bay and the tributaries of the Chesapeake 
                Bay in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 
                and Delaware, and in the District of Columbia, that 
                traces the 1607 and 1608 voyages of Captain John Smith 
                to chart the land and waterways of the Chesapeake Bay.
                    ``(B) Map.--A map generally depicting the trail 
                shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
                the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
                    ``(C) Administration.--The trail shall be 
                administered by the Secretary of the Interior--
                            ``(i) in coordination with--
                                    ``(I) the Chesapeake Bay Gateways 
                                and Watertrails Network authorized 
                                under the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act 
                                of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; 112 Stat. 
                                2961); and
                                    ``(II) the Chesapeake Bay Program 
                                authorized under section 117 of the 
                                Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
                                U.S.C. 1267); and
                            ``(ii) in consultation with--
                                    ``(I) other Federal, State, tribal, 
                                regional, and local agencies; and
                                    ``(II) the private sector.
                    ``(D) Land acquisition.--The United States shall 
                not acquire for the trail any land or interest in land 
                outside the exterior boundary of any federally-managed 
                area without the consent of the owner of the land or 
                interest in land.''.
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