,,ii #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #bfdf ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,october #ag1 #bjai,mr4 ,cornyn introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,energy and ,natural ,resources ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,national ,trails ,system ,act to provide for the study of the ,emancipation ,national ,historic ,trail1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,emancipation ,national ,historic ,trail ,study ,act4 #b4 ,emancipation ,national ,historic ,trail study ,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 7#dg7 ,emancipation ,national ,historic ,trail ,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 ,town1 then to ,independence ,heights 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 4