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H.R. 1388: Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act

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H.R. 1388: Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act

110th Congress · introduced 2007-03-07 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-03-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act

Plain 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 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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] · 10 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1388, Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act (2007-07-10); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1388, Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act (2007-07-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr1388 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110