Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act
Latest action · Jun 11, 2008 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
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.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2007 to Mar 27, 2007; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| D-VA | Jim Webb | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| R-VA | John Warner | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Mar 27, 2007 |
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 Mar 7, 2007Markup May 23, 2007Reported Jun 26, 2007 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2008Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
- Jun 26, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 110-98.
- Jun 26, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 228.
- May 23, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Mar 7, 2007Introduced in Senate
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 S2804Text printed S2805 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD (text) | Mar 7, 2007 |
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
- May 31, 2007S. 797, Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 23, 2007</p>
- May 31, 2007S. 797, Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 23, 2007
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1388 | Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act | Identical bill | Jun 11, 2008 |
| S 2739 | Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 | Related bill | May 8, 2008 |
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 Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a National Historic Trail.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Citizen participation
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commemorations
- District of Columbia
- Europe
- Flags
- Government Operations and Politics
- Historic sites
- History
- Land transfers
- Landowners
- Maps
- Maryland
- Military history
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Right of property
- Sports and Recreation
- Trails
- Transportation and Public Works
- United Kingdom
- Virginia
- War
- Water Resources Development
- Waterways
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2007Reported to Senate
- Mar 7, 2007Introduced 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.
