Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act
Latest action · Jul 31, 2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 552.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 6, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2006 to May 12, 2006; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-VA | George Allen | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-VA | John Warner | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | May 12, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 6, 2006Markup May 24, 2006Reported Jul 31, 2006 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings May 16, 2006 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2006Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment. With written report No. 109-309.
- Jul 31, 2006Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 552.
- May 24, 2006Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- May 16, 2006Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-547.
- Apr 6, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Apr 6, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3230)
- Apr 6, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3230 | Paul S. Sarbanes D-MD | Apr 6, 2006 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 7, 2006S. 2568, Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 24, 2006</p>
- Jun 7, 2006S. 2568, Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 24, 2006
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-547 | OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER; PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON BIRTHPLACE HOME; VISITOR CENTER FOR THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL; CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH CHESAPEAKE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL; NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD; AND ADMINISTRATION OF CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK88 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | May 16, 2006 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5466 | Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act | Identical bill | Dec 19, 2006 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2006Reported to Senate
- Apr 6, 2006Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.