To provide for a study of the feasibility of designating the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Watertrail as a national historic trail.

SA 1046. Mr. DORGAN (for Mr. Sarbanes (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr.
Warner, and Ms. Mikulski)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2361,
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and
for other purposes; as follows:

On page 254, after line 25, add the following:
Sec. 4___. Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act
(16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(43)(A) The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National
Historic Watertrail, a series of routes extending
approximately 3000 miles along the Chesapeake Bay and the
tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay in the States of Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware and the District of
Columbia that traces Captain John Smith's voyages charting
the land and waterways of the Chesapeake Bay and the
tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.
``(B) The study shall be conducted in consultation with
Federal, State, regional, and local agencies and
representatives of the private sector, including the entities
responsible for administering--
``(i) the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network
authorized under the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998
(16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 105-312); and
``(ii) the Chesapeake Bay Program authorized under section
117 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1267).''.
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