text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
  
      (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Women's 
  Rights History Project Act of 2005''.
      (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
              (1) The women's rights movement is one of the three great 
          protest traditions in United States history, sharing that 
          status with the struggle for racial equality and the labor 
          movement.
              (2) On July 19, 1848, a group of activists including 
          Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Mary Ann M'Clintock, 
          convened the first Women's Rights Convention at Wesleyan Chapel 
          in Seneca Falls, New York. During the Convention, 68 women and 
          32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments calling for a broad 
          array of rights for women, including suffrage.
              (3) Under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and 
          Susan B. Anthony, the National American Women Suffrage 
          Association (NAWSA) was formed. NAWSA was instrumental in 
          securing passage of the 19th amendment, which amended the 
          Constitution to give women the right to vote. The 19th 
          amendment was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919, and was 
          ratified on August 18, 1920.
              (4) Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, 
          refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for 
          women's right to vote. She also campaigned for the rights of 
          women to own property, to keep their own earnings, and to have 
          custody of their children. In 1900, she persuaded the 
          University of Rochester to admit women.
              (5) In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the women's 
          movement expanded to also play a critical role in shaping 
          policies on economic and social welfare.
  
  SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOTES FOR WOMEN HISTORY TRAIL ROUTE AS FEATURE 
                OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
  
      Title XVI of Public Law 96-607, which established the Women's 
  Rights National Historical Park, is amended by inserting after section 
  1601 (16 U.S.C. 410ll) the following new section:
  
  ``SEC. 1602. VOTES FOR WOMEN HISTORY TRAIL ROUTE.
  
      ``(a) Finding.--There is an opportunity for the Women's Rights 
  National Historical Park in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New York, to 
  work in partnership with historically and thematically related 
  properties in the corridor between Syracuse and Rochester, New York, 
  including the Susan B. Anthony House, to tell the story of the 72-year 
  fight for women's suffrage.
      ``(b) Establishment of Trail Route.--The Secretary of the Interior, 
  acting through the Director of National Park Service, with concurrence 
  of the agency having jurisdiction over the relevant roads, is 
  authorized to designate a vehicular tour route, to be known as the 
  `Votes for Women History Trail Route', to link properties in the State 
  of New York that are historically and thematically associated with the 
  struggle for women's suffrage in the United States.
      ``(c) Administration.--The Votes for Women History Trail Route 
  shall be administered by the National Park Service through the Women's 
  Rights National Historical Park.
      ``(d) Activities.--To facilitate the establishment of the Votes for 
  Women History Trail Route and the dissemination of information 
  regarding the Trail Route, the Secretary shall--
              ``(1) produce and disseminate appropriate educational 
          materials regarding the Trail Route, such as handbooks, maps, 
          exhibits, signs, interpretive guides, and electronic 
          information;
              ``(2) coordinate the management, planning, and standards of 
          the auto route 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 Votes for Women History Trail Route; and
              ``(4) issue guidelines for the use of such symbol or 
          device.
      ``(e) Elements of Trail Route.--The Secretary may designate as an 
  official stop on the Votes for Women History Trail Route any of the 
  following properties, subject to the consent of the owner of the 
  property:
              ``(1) All units and programs of Women's Rights National 
          Historical Park that pertain 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.
              ``(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) Authorized.--To facilitate the establishment of the 
          Votes for Women History Trail Route and to ensure effective 
          coordination of the Federal and non-Federal properties 
          designated as stops along the Trail Route, the Secretary is 
          authorized to enter into cooperative agreements and memorandums 
          of understanding with, and provide technical and financial 
          assistance to, other Federal agencies, the State of New York, 
          localities, regional governmental bodies, and private entities.
              ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
          authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior 
          such sums as are necessary for the period of fiscal year 2006 
          through fiscal year 2010 to provide financial assistance to 
          cooperating entities pursuant to agreements or memorandums 
          entered into under paragraph (1).''.
  
  SEC. 3. NATIONAL WOMEN'S RIGHTS HISTORY PROJECT NATIONAL REGISTRY.
  
      (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
  make annual grants to State historic preservation offices for up to 5 
  years to assist those State historic preservation offices in surveying, 
  evaluating, and nominating women's rights history properties to the 
  National Register of Historic Places. The Secretary shall ensure that 
  the National Register travel itinerary website, ``Places Where Women 
  Made History'' is updated to contain the results of the inventory and 
  links to websites related to places on the inventory when such links 
  are available.
      (b) Eligibility.--When offering grants under subsection (a), the 
  Secretary shall give priority grants related to properties associated 
  with the multiple facets of the women's rights movement such as 
  politics, economics, education, religion, and social and family rights.
      (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
  appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this section 
  such sums as are necessary for the period of fiscal year 2006 through 
  fiscal year 2010.
  
  SEC. 4. NATIONAL WOMEN'S RIGHTS HISTORY PROJECT PARTNERSHIPS NETWORK.
  
      (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
  make matching grants and technical assistance for development of a 
  network of governmental and nongovernmental entities whose purpose is 
  to provide interpretive and educational program development of national 
  women's rights history, including historic preservation. Matching 
  grants for historic preservation specific to the network may be made 
  available through State historic preservation offices. The network 
  shall be managed through a nongovernmental entity, identified by the 
  Secretary of the Interior through a competitive process. The 
  nongovernmental managing entity shall work in partnership with the 
  National Park Service and State historic preservation offices to 
  coordinate operation of the network.
      (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
  appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this section 
  such sums as are necessary for the period of fiscal year 2006 through 
  fiscal year 2010.
target: National Women's Rights History Project Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to designate a vehicular tour route, to be known as the Votes for Women History Trail Route, to link properties in New York State that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage in the United States. Requires the National Park Service to administer the Trail through the Women's Rights National Historical Park (established under prior law).
  
  Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make annual grants to state historic preservation offices for up to five years for assistance in surveying, evaluating, and nominating women's rights history properties to the National Register of Historic Places; and (2) make matching grants and technical assistance for development of a network of governmental and nongovernmental entities providing interpretive and educational program development of national women's rights history, including historic preservation.
feat_title: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail route in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes.