WOMEN’S RIGHTS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

SEC. 7111. WOMEN’S RIGHTS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.(a) Votes for Women Trail.—Title XVI of Public Law 96–607 (16 U.S.C. 410ll) is amended by adding at the end the following:“SEC. 1602. VOTES FOR WOMEN TRAIL.“(a) Definitions.—In this section:“(1) Park.—The term ‘Park’ means the Women’s Rights National Historical Park established by section 1601.“(2) Secretary.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service.“(3) State.—The term ‘State’ means the State of New York.“(4) Trail.—The term ‘Trail’ means the Votes for Women History Trail Route designated under subsection (b).“(b) Establishment of Trail Route.—The Secretary, with concurrence of the agency having jurisdiction over the relevant roads, may designate a vehicular tour route, to be known as the ‘Votes for Women History Trail Route’, to link properties in the State that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women’s suffrage in the United States.“(c) Administration.—The Trail shall be administered by the National Park Service through the Park.“(d) Activities.—To facilitate the establishment of the Trail and the dissemination of information regarding the Trail, the Secretary shall—“(1) produce and disseminate appropriate educational materials regarding the Trail, such as handbooks, maps, exhibits, signs, interpretive guides, and electronic information;“(2) coordinate the management, planning, and standards of the Trail in partnership with participating properties, other Federal agencies, and State and local governments;“(3) create and adopt an official, uniform symbol or device to mark the Trail; and“(4) issue guidelines for the use of the symbol or device adopted under paragraph (3).“(e) Elements of Trail Route.—Subject to the consent of the owner of the property, the Secretary may designate as an official stop on the Trail—“(1) all units and programs of the Park relating to the struggle for women’s suffrage;“(2) other Federal, State, local, and privately owned properties that the Secretary determines have a verifiable connection to the struggle for women’s suffrage; and“(3) other governmental and nongovernmental facilities and programs of an educational, commemorative, research, or interpretive nature that the Secretary determines to be directly related to the struggle for women’s suffrage.“(f) Cooperative Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding.—“(1) In general.—To facilitate the establishment of the Trail and to ensure effective coordination of the Federal and 123 STAT. 1200 non-Federal properties designated as stops along the Trail, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding with, and provide technical and financial assistance to, other Federal agencies, the State, localities, regional governmental bodies, and private entities.“(2) Authorization of appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide financial assistance to cooperating entities pursuant to agreements or memoranda entered into under paragraph (1).” .(b) National Women’s Rights History Project National Registry.—(1) In general.—The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) may make annual grants to State historic preservation offices for not more than 5 years to assist the State historic preservation offices in surveying, evaluating, and nominating to the National Register of Historic Places women’s rights history properties.(2) Eligibility.—In making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to grants relating to properties associated with the multiple facets of the women’s rights movement, such as politics, economics, education, religion, and social and family rights.(3) Updates.—The Secretary shall ensure that the National Register travel itinerary website entitled “Places Where Women Made History” is updated to contain—(A) the results of the inventory conducted under paragraph (1); and(B) any links to websites related to places on the inventory.(4) Cost-sharing requirement.—The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out using any assistance made available under this subsection shall be 50 percent.(5) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.(c) National Women’s Rights History Project Partnerships Network.—(1) Grants.—The Secretary may make matching grants and give technical assistance for development of a network of governmental and nongovernmental entities (referred to in this subsection as the “network”), the purpose of which is to provide interpretive and educational program development of national women’s rights history, including historic preservation.(2) Management of network.—(A) In general.—The Secretary shall, through a competitive process, designate a nongovernmental managing network to manage the network.(B) Coordination.—The nongovernmental managing entity designated under subparagraph (A) shall work in partnership with the Director of the National Park Service and State historic preservation offices to coordinate operation of the network.(3) Cost-sharing requirement.—123 STAT. 1201(A) In general.—The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out using any assistance made available under this subsection shall be 50 percent.(B) State historic preservation offices.—Matching grants for historic preservation specific to the network may be made available through State historic preservation offices.(4) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this subsection $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.