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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8240 

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Route 66 National 

Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 

Mr. LAHOOD (for himself and Mrs. NAPOLITANO) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Historic Trail Designation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF THE ROUTE 66 NATIONAL HIS7 TORIC TRAIL. 

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

9 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 


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

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Route 66 Na3 tional Historic Trail, a trail that includes all 

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

5 between 1926 and 1985, extending along a 

6 route of approximately 2,400 miles from Chi7 cago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as 

8 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Route 

9 66 National Historic Trail, Proposed Route’, 

10 numbered P26/141,279, and dated December 

11 2017. 

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

13 described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file 

14 and available for public inspection in the appro15 priate offices of the National Park Service, De16 partment of the Interior. 

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

18 National Historic Trail shall be administered by 

19 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 

20 the Director of the National Park Service. Such 

21 administration shall be conducted in a manner 

22 that respects and maintains the idiosyncratic 

23 nature of the Route 66 National Historic Trail. 

24 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—The United 

25 States may not acquire for the Route 66 NaVerDate Sep 11 2014 07:31 Sep 15, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8240.IH H8240

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1 tional Historic Trail any land or interest in 

2 land— 

3 ‘‘(i) outside the exterior boundary of 

4 any federally managed area without the 

5 consent of the owner of the land or interest 

6 in land; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) that extends more than an aver8 age of one-quarter of a mile on either side 

9 of the trail. 

10 ‘‘(E) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Noth11 ing in this Act, the acquisition of the land or 

12 an interest in land authorized by this Act, or 

13 the management plan for the Route 66 Na14 tional Historic Trail shall be construed to cre15 ate buffer zones outside of the Trail. That ac16 tivities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected 

17 from the acquired land shall not preclude, limit, 

18 control, regulate, or determine the conduct or 

19 management of activities or uses outside of the 

20 trail. 

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

22 acquisition of land or an interest in land au23 thorized by this Act, or the management plan 

24 for the Route 66 National Historic Trail shall 


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1 prohibit, hinder, or disrupt the development, 

2 production, or transmission of energy. 

3 ‘‘(G) EMINENT DOMAIN OR CONDEMNA4 TION.—In carrying out this Act, the Secretary 

5 of the Interior may not use eminent domain or 

6 condemnation.’’. 

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