S. 2568: Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act
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S. 2568: Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act
109th Congress · introduced 2006-04-06 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 552.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2006-04-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 552. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act
Plain 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.
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Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
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Sponsor: Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] · 7 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2568, Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act (2006-06-07); CBO cost estimate: S. 2568, Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act (2006-06-07)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s2568.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>
Record fed-us-cong109-s2568 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109