Pub. L. 116-111 - Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act

116th Congress

Affects: 16 U.S.C. §§ 1244

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act”.

SEC. 2. EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL STUDY.

Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(47) The Emancipation National Historic Trail, extending approximately 51 miles from the Osterman Building and Reedy Chapel in Galveston, Texas, along Texas State Highway 3 and Interstate Highway 45 North, to Freedmen’s Town, then to Independence Heights and Emancipation Park in Houston, Texas, following the migration route taken by newly freed slaves and other persons of African descent from the major 19th century seaport town of Galveston to the burgeoning community of Freedmen’s Town, located in the 4th Ward of Houston, Texas.”

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Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 434:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

July 24, considered and passed House.

Jan. 13, considered and passed Senate.