,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aj1        
#bjai,ms4 ,jackson ,lee 7for herself1   
,mr4 ,lewis1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,ms4 ,moore1   
,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mrs4        
,demings1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,hurd of
 ,texas1 ,mr4 ,green of ,texas1 ,ms4    
,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4  
,butterfield1 and ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new 
,york7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
designate the ,emancipation ,national   
,historic ,trail1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,emancipation       
,national ,historic ,trail ,act4  #b4   
,designation of ,emancipation ,national 
,historic ,trail  7a7 ,designation of   
,emancipation ,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 ,emancipation    

,national ,historic ,trail  7,a7 ,in    
general ,notwithstanding the results of 
the study conducted under subsection    
7c7771 the ,emancipation ,national      
,historic ,trail1 extending             
approximately #ea miles from the        
,osterman ,building and ,reedy ,chapel  
in ,galveston1 ,texas1 along ,texas     
,state ,highway #c and ,interstate      
,highway #de ,north1 to ,freedmen's     
,town and ,emancipation ,park in        
,houston1 ,texas1 following the         
migration route taken by newly freed    
slaves and other persons of ,african    
descent from the major #aith century    
seaport town of ,galveston to the       
burgeoning community of ,freedmen's     
,town1 located in the #dth ,ward of     
,houston1 ,texas4  7,b7 ,administration 
,the trail shall be administered by the 
,national ,park ,service1 in cooperation
 with the relevant ,federal1 ,state1 and
 local authorities4  7,c7 ,map ,the     
,secretary of the ,interior shall make  
the map described in section            

#e7;c7777,b7 available for public       
inspection in the appropriate offices of
 the ,secretary4  4  7b7 ,study of      
,emancipation ,national ,historic ,trail
 ,section #e7;c7 of the ,national       
,trails ,system ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4     
#abdd7;c77 is amended by adding at the  
end the following3  77  7,a7 ,in general
 ,the ,emancipation ,national ,historic 
,trail1 extending approximately #ea     
miles from the ,osterman ,building and  
,reedy ,chapel in ,galveston1 ,texas1   
along ,texas ,state ,highway #c and     
,interstate ,highway #de ,north1 to     
,freedmen's ,town and ,emancipation     
,park in ,houston1 ,texas4  7,b7 ,map   
,the ,secretary of the ,interior shall  
include in the study a map of the trail 
described in subparagraph 7,a74  7,c7   
,completion date ,the study shall be    
completed not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this       
paragraph4  4  7c7 ,authorization of    
appropriations ,there is authorized     
#e1jjj1jjj for purposes of this ,act4   

7d7 ,date of enactment of designation   
,subsection 7a7 shall be enacted upon   
the date that the study required by the 
amendment made in subsection 7b7 has    
been submitted to ,congress4