118 STAT. 1370 PUBLIC LAW 108–342—OCT. 18, 2004 Public Law 108–342 108th Congress An Act To amend the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de los Tejas as a National Historic Trail. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act’’. SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL. Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(24) EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—El Camino Real de los Tejas (the Royal Road to the Tejas) National Historic Trail, a combination of historic routes (including the Old San Antonio Road) totaling approximately 2,580 miles, extending from the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass and Laredo, Texas, to Natchitoches, Louisiana, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘El Camino Real de los Tejas’ contained in the report entitled ‘National Historic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment: El Camino Real de los Tejas, Texas Louisiana’, dated July 1998. ‘‘(B) MAP.—A map generally depicting the trail shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—(i) The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this paragraph as ‘the Secretary’) shall admin ister the trail. ‘‘(ii) The Secretary shall administer those portions of the trail on non Federal land only with the consent of the owner of such land and when such trail portion qualifies for certifi cation as an officially established component of the trail, con sistent with section 3(a)(3). An owner’s approval of a certifi cation agreement shall satisfy the consent requirement. A cer tification agreement may be terminated at any time. ‘‘(iii) The designation of the trail does not authorize any person to enter private property without the consent of the owner. ‘‘(D) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall consult with appropriate State and local agencies in the planning and development of the trail. El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act. Texas. Louisiana. Mexico. 16 USC 1241 note. Oct. 18, 2004 [S. 2052]
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