To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail.

February 14, 2002

Mr. LOTT (for Mr. CAMPBELL) (for himself, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. BINGAMAN, and Mr. ALLARD) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old Spanish Trail as a 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 `Old Spanish Trail Recognition Act of 2002'.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.

Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended--

(1) by redesignating the second paragraph (21) as paragraph (22); and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(23) OLD SPANISH NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL-

`(A) IN GENERAL- The Old Spanish National Historic Trail, an approximately 3,500 mile long trail extending from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, that served as a major trade route between 1829 and 1848, as generally depicted on the map contained in the report prepared under subsection (b) entitled `Old Spanish Trail National Historic Trail Feasibility Study', dated July 2001.

`(B) MAP- A map generally depicting the trail shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Director of the National Park Service.

`(C) ADMINISTRATION- The trail shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (referred to in this paragraph as the `Secretary').

`(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.

`(E) CONSULTATION- The Secretary shall consult with other Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies in the administration of the trail.

`(F) ADDITIONAL ROUTES- The Secretary may designate additional routes to the trail if--

`(i) the additional routes were included in the Old Spanish Trail National Historic Trail Feasibility Study, but were not recommended for designation as a national historic trail; and

`(ii) the Secretary determines that the additional routes were used for trade and commerce between 1829 and 1848.'.

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