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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 292

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 12, 1999

Referred to the Committee on Resources

AN ACT

To preserve the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor

and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide

assistance.

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. DEFINITIONS.

2 In this Act:

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

4 corridor’’ means structures and other cultural re5 sources described in paragraph (3), including—

6 (A) public land within the immediate vicin7 ity of those portions of the highway formerly

8 designated as United States Route 66; and

9 (B) private land within that immediate vi10 cinity that is owned by persons or entities that

11 are willing to participate in the programs au12 thorized by this Act.

13 (2) CULTURAL RESOURCE PROGRAMS.—The

14 term ‘‘Cultural Resource Programs’’ means the pro15 grams established and administered by the National

16 Park Service for the benefit of and in support of

17 preservation of the Route 66 corridor, either directly

18 or indirectly.

19 (3) PRESERVATION OF THE ROUTE 66 COR20 RIDOR.—The term ‘‘preservation of the Route 66

21 corridor’’ means the preservation or restoration of

22 structures or other cultural resources of businesses,

23 sites of interest, and other contributing resources

24 that—

25 (A) are located within the land described

26 in paragraph (1);
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1 (B) existed during the route’s period of

2 outstanding historic significance (principally be3 tween 1933 and 1970), as defined by the study

4 prepared by the National Park Service and en5 titled ‘‘Special Resource Study of Route 66’’,

6 dated July 1995; and

7 (C) remain in existence as of the date of

8 enactment of this Act.

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

10 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the

11 Cultural Resource Programs at the National Park

12 Service.

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

14 in which a portion of the Route 66 corridor is lo15 cated.

16 SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT.

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

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

19 the development of guidelines and a program of technical

20 assistance and grants that will set priorities for the preser21 vation of the Route 66 corridor.

22 (b) DESIGNATION OF OFFICIALS.—The Secretary

23 shall designate officials of the National Park Service sta24 tioned at locations convenient to the States to perform the
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1 functions of the Cultural Resource Programs under this

2 Act.

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

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

5 private persons, nonprofit Route 66 preservation en6 tities, Indian tribes, State Historic Preservation Of7 fices, and entities in the States for the preservation

8 of the Route 66 corridor by providing technical as9 sistance, participating in cost-sharing programs, and

10 making grants;

11 (2) act as a clearinghouse for communication

12 among Federal, State, and local agencies, nonprofit

13 Route 66 preservation entities, Indian tribes, State

14 Historic Preservation Offices, and private persons

15 and entities interested in the preservation of the

16 Route 66 corridor; and

17 (3) assist the States in determining the appro18 priate form of and establishing and supporting a

19 non-Federal entity or entities to perform the func20 tions of the Cultural Resource Programs after those

21 programs are terminated.

22 (d) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out this Act, the Sec23 retary may—
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1 (1) enter into cooperative agreements, includ2 ing, but not limited to study, planning, preservation,

3 rehabilitation and restoration;

4 (2) accept donations;

5 (3) provide cost-share grants and information;

6 (4) provide technical assistance in historic pres7 ervation; and

8 (5) conduct research.

9 (e) PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE.—

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

11 assistance in the preservation of the Route 66 cor12 ridor in a manner that is compatible with the idio13 syncratic nature of the Route 66 corridor.

14 (2) PLANNING.—The Secretary shall not pre15 pare or require preparation of an overall manage16 ment plan for the Route 66 corridor, but shall co17 operate with the States and local public and private

18 persons and entities, State Historic Preservation Of19 fices, nonprofit Route 66 preservation entities, and

20 Indian tribes in developing local preservation plans

21 to guide efforts to protect the most important or

22 representative resources of the Route 66 corridor.

23 SEC. 3. RESOURCE TREATMENT.

24 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop

2 a program of technical assistance in the preservation

3 of the Route 66 corridor.

4 (2) GUIDELINES FOR PRESERVATION NEEDS.—

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program

6 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall estab7 lish guidelines for setting priorities for preser8 vation needs.

9 (B) BASIS.—The guidelines under sub10 paragraph (A) may be based on national reg11 ister standards, modified as appropriate to meet

12 the needs for preservation of the Route 66 cor13 ridor.

14 (b) PROGRAM FOR COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall coordi16 nate a program of historic research, curation, pres17 ervation strategies, and the collection of oral and

18 video histories of events that occurred along the

19 Route 66 corridor.

20 (2) DESIGN.—The program under paragraph

21 (1) shall be designed for continuing use and imple22 mentation by other organizations after the Cultural

23 Resource Programs are terminated.

24 (c) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall—
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1 (1) make cost-share grants for preservation of

2 the Route 66 corridor available for resources that

3 meet the guidelines under subsection (a); and

4 (2) provide information about existing cost5 share opportunities.

6 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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

9 out the purposes of this Act.

Passed the Senate March 25, 1999.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.