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Union Calendar No. 76

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 66

[Report No. 106–137]

To preserve the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor and to authorize

the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 6, 1999

Mrs. WILSON (for herself, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, and Mr.

WATKINS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

MAY 13, 1999

Additional sponsors: Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. PASTOR, Ms.

BERKLEY, Mr. BILBRAY, and Mr. STUMP

MAY 13, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 6, 1999]

A BILL

To preserve the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor

and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide

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

3 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

4 In this Act, the following definitions apply:

5 (1) ROUTE 66 CORRIDOR.—The term ‘‘Route 66

6 corridor’’ means structures and other cultural re7 sources described in paragraph (3), including—

8 (A) lands owned by the Federal Government

9 and lands owned by a State or local government

10 within the immediate vicinity of those portions

11 of the highway formerly designated as United

12 States Route 66; and

13 (B) private land within that immediate vi14 cinity that is owned by persons or entities that

15 are willing to participate in the programs au16 thorized by this Act.

17 (2) CULTURAL RESOURCE PROGRAMS.—The term

18 ‘‘Cultural Resource Programs’’ means the programs

19 established and administered by the National Park

20 Service for the benefit of and in support of preserva21 tion of the Route 66 corridor, either directly or indi22 rectly.

23 (3) PRESERVATION OF THE ROUTE 66 COR24 RIDOR.—The term ‘‘preservation of the Route 66 cor25 ridor’’ means the preservation or restoration of struc-
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1 tures or other cultural resources of businesses, sites of

2 interest, and other contributing resources that—

3 (A) are located within the land described in

4 paragraph (1);

5 (B) existed during the route’s period of out6 standing historic significance (principally be7 tween 1926 and 1970), as defined by the study

8 prepared by the National Park Service and enti9 tled ‘‘Special Resource Study of Route 66’’, dated

10 July 1995; and

11 (C) remain in existence as of the date of en12 actment of this Act.

13 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

14 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Cul15 tural Resource Programs at the National Park Serv16 ice.

17 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State in

18 which a portion of the Route 66 corridor is located.

19 SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in collaboration

21 with the entities described in subsection (c), shall facilitate

22 the development of guidelines and a program of technical

23 assistance and grants that will set priorities for the preser24 vation of the Route 66 corridor.
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1 (b) DESIGNATION OF OFFICIALS.—The Secretary shall

2 designate officials of the National Park Service stationed

3 at locations convenient to the States to perform the func4 tions of the Cultural Resource Programs under this Act.

5 (c) GENERAL FUNCTIONS.—The Secretary shall—

6 (1) support efforts of State and local public and

7 private persons, nonprofit Route 66 preservation enti8 ties, Indian tribes, State Historic Preservation Of9 fices, and entities in the States for the preservation

10 of the Route 66 corridor by providing technical assist11 ance, participating in cost-sharing programs, and

12 making grants;

13 (2) act as a clearinghouse for communication

14 among Federal, State, and local agencies, nonprofit

15 Route 66 preservation entities, Indian tribes, State

16 historic preservation offices, and private persons and

17 entities interested in the preservation of the Route 66

18 corridor; and

19 (3) assist the States in determining the appro20 priate form of and establishing and supporting a

21 non-Federal entity or entities to perform the functions

22 of the Cultural Resource Programs after those pro23 grams are terminated.

24 (d) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out this Act, the Sec25 retary may—
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1 (1) enter into cooperative agreements, including

2 (but not limited to) cooperative agreements for study,

3 planning, preservation, rehabilitation, and restora4 tion related to the Route 66 corridor;

5 (2) accept donations of funds, equipment, sup6 plies, and services as appropriate;

7 (3) provide cost-share grants for projects for the

8 preservation of the Route 66 corridor (but not to ex9 ceed 50 percent of total project costs) and information

10 about existing cost-share opportunities;

11 (4) provide technical assistance in historic pres12 ervation and interpretation of the Route 66 corridor;

13 and

14 (5) coordinate, promote, and stimulate research

15 by other persons and entities regarding the Route 66

16 corridor.

17 (e) PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide

19 assistance in the preservation of the Route 66 corridor

20 in a manner that is compatible with the idiosyncratic

21 nature of the Route 66 corridor.

22 (2) PLANNING.—The Secretary shall not prepare

23 or require preparation of an overall management

24 plan for the Route 66 corridor, but shall cooperate

25 with the States and local public and private persons
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1 and entities, State historic preservation offices, non2 profit Route 66 preservation entities, and Indian

3 tribes in developing local preservation plans to guide

4 efforts to protect the most important or representative

5 resources of the Route 66 corridor.

6 SEC. 3. RESOURCE TREATMENT.

7 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—

8 (1) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall

9 develop a program of technical assistance in the pres10 ervation of the Route 66 corridor and interpretation

11 of the Route 66 corridor.

12 (2) PROGRAM GUIDELINES.—As part of the tech13 nical assistance program under paragraph (1), the

14 Secretary shall establish guidelines for setting prior15 ities for preservation needs for the Route 66 corridor.

16 The Secretary shall base the guidelines on the Sec17 retary’s standards for historic preservation.

18 (b) PROGRAM FOR COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall coordi20 nate a program of historic research, curation, preser21 vation strategies, and the collection of oral and video

22 histories of events that occurred along the Route 66

23 corridor.

24 (2) DESIGN.—The program under paragraph (1)

25 shall be designed for continuing use and implementa-
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1 tion by other organizations after the Cultural Re2 source Programs are terminated.

3 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000

5 for the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2009 to carry

6 out the purposes of this Act.
Union Calendar No. 76

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 66

[Report No. 106–137]

A BILL

To preserve the cultural resources of the Route 66

terior to provide assistance.corridor and to authorize the Secretary of the InMAY 13, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,