115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 801 

AN ACT 

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 

Route 66 National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Route 66 National 

3 Historic Trail Designation Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF THE ROUTE 66 NATIONAL HIS5 TORIC TRAIL. 

6 Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 

7 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(31) ROUTE 66 NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Route 66 Na11 tional Historic Trail, a trail that includes all 

12 the alignments of U.S. Highway 66 in existence 

13 between 1926 and 1985, extending along a 

14 route of approximately 2,400 miles from Chi15 cago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as 

16 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Route 

17 66 National Historic Trail, Proposed Route’, 

18 numbered P26/141,279, and dated December 

19 2017. 

20 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map 

21 described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file 

22 and available for public inspection in the appro23 priate offices of the National Park Service, De24 partment of the Interior. 

25 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The Route 66 

26 National Historic Trail shall be administered by 
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1 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 

2 the Director of the National Park Service. Such 

3 administration shall be conducted in a manner 

4 that respects and maintains the idiosyncratic 

5 nature of the Route 66 National Historic Trail. 

6 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—The United 

7 States may not acquire for the Route 66 Na8 tional Historic Trail any land or interest in 

9 land— 

10 ‘‘(i) outside the exterior boundary of 

11 any federally managed area without the 

12 consent of the owner of the land or interest 

13 in land; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) that extends more than an aver15 age of one-quarter of a mile on either side 

16 of the trail. 

17 ‘‘(E) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Noth18 ing in this Act, the acquisition of the land or 

19 an interest in land authorized by this Act, or 

20 the management plan for the Route 66 Na21 tional Historic Trail shall be construed to cre22 ate buffer zones outside of the Trail. That ac23 tivities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected 

24 from the acquired land shall not preclude, limit, 

25 control, regulate, or determine the conduct or 
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1 management of activities or uses outside of the 

2 trail. 

3 ‘‘(F) ENERGY.—Nothing in this Act, the 

4 acquisition of land or an interest in land au5 thorized by this Act, or the management plan 

6 for the Route 66 National Historic Trail shall 

7 prohibit, hinder, or disrupt the development, 

8 production, or transmission of energy. 

9 ‘‘(G) EMINENT DOMAIN OR CONDEMNA10 TION.—In carrying out this Act, the Secretary 

11 of the Interior may not use eminent domain or 

12 condemnation.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 2018. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 801 

AN ACT 

To amend the National Trails System Act to desfor other purposes. ignate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, and