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Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act

Introduced: March 7, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 11, 2008
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
Jul 24, 2007
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 285.
Jul 23, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 23, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text as passed in House: CR H8191)
Jul 23, 2007
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text as passed in House: CR H8191)
Jul 23, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1388.
Jul 23, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8191-8193)
Jul 23, 2007
Mr. Grijalva moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 23, 2007
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 159.
Jul 23, 2007
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-250.
Jun 28, 2007
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
Jun 28, 2007
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 10.
Jun 28, 2007
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 15, 2007
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 13, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Mar 7, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 7, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2268)
Mar 7, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 and extending from Tangier Island, Virginia, through southern Maryland, the District of Columbia, and northern Virginia and 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.

Allows the Secretary to provide to state and local governments and nonprofit organizations interpretive programs and services and technical assistance.

What's happening now June 11, 2008

Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2739 Related bill Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008
  • S 797 Identical bill Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act
 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 7, 2007
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 7, 2007
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 7, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1388: Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1388/
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"H.R. 1388: Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1388/.
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