,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cead  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bg1 #bjag,mr4 
,suozzi 7for himself and ,mr4 ,zeldin7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,national ,trails ,system ,act to       
designate the ,washington ,spy ,ring    
,national ,historic ,trail1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,washington    
,spy ,ring ,national ,historic ,trail   
,designation ,act4  #b4 ,findings       
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,the ,culper ,spy ,ring was a group of  
,american ,revolutionaries who gathered 
intelligence on ,british troop movements
 and fortifications in ,manhattan1 ,long
 ,island1 and elsewhere for ,general    
,george ,washington4  7#b7 ,the ,culper 
,spy ,ring is credited with uncovering  
,benedict ,arnold's conspiracy to       
surrender ,west ,point to the ,british  
and saving the ,franco-,american        

alliance by uncovering plans to ambush  
the ,french army in ,rhode ,island4     
7#c7 ,key locations used by the ,culper 
,spy ,ring include-- 7,a7 ,raynham ,hall
 in ,oyster ,bay1 ,new ,york1 the home  
of intelligence operative ,robert       
,townsend2  7,b7 the ,arsenal 7also     
known as the ,job ,sammis ,house7 in    
,huntington1 ,new ,york1 which was used 
to store gunpowder during the ,british  
occupation of ,long ,island and the town
 of ,huntington2  7,c7 the ,brewster    
,house1 a tavern in ,setauket1 ,new     
,york1 owned by the ,brewster family and
 used to spy on ,british officers and   
transfer information to ,general        
,washington across the ,long ,island    
,sound2 and  7,d7 generally1 the byways 
and highways connecting these sites4    
#c4 ,designation of the ,washington ,spy
 ,ring ,national ,historic ,trail       
,section #e7;a7 of the ,national ,trails
 ,system ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #abdd7;a77 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  77 ,washington ,spy ,ring   

,national ,historic ,trail  7,a7 ,in    
general ,the ,washington ,spy ,ring     
,national ,historic ,trail1 a trail of  
approximately #ej miles of village1     
town1 and city streets and ,new ,york   
,route #be;,a1 from ,great ,neck1 ,new  
,york1 along ,long ,island's ,north     
,shore1 through ,nassau and ,suffolk    
,counties1 to ,port ,jefferson1 ,new    
,york1 following the route generally    
depicted on the map entitled 1 numbered 
1 and dated 4  7,b7 ,availability of map
 ,the map described in subparagraph 7,a7
 shall be on file and available for     
public inspection in the appropriate    
office of the ,secretary4  7,c7         
,administration ,in cooperation with the
 ,secretary1 the ,washington ,spy ,ring 
,national ,historic ,trail designated by
 this paragraph shall be administered by
 the ,north ,shore ,promotion ,alliance1
 an organization described in section   
#eja7;c77#f7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code of #aihf and exempt from taxation 
under section #eja7;a7 of such ,code4  4