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Union Calendar No. 608 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5751 

[Report No. 115–782] 

To redesignate Golden Spike National Historic Site and to establish the 

Transcontinental Railroad Network. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2018 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself, Mr. CURTIS, Mrs. LOVE, and Mr. STEWART) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

JUNE 25, 2018 

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 May 10, 2018] 


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A BILL 

To redesignate Golden Spike National Historic Site and to 

establish the Transcontinental Railroad Network. 


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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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Golden Spike 150th An5 niversary Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ADJACENT LANDOWNER.—The term ‘‘adja9 cent landowner’’ means the non-Federal owner of 

10 property that directly abuts the Park boundaries. 

11 (2) HISTORICAL CROSSING.—The term ‘‘histor12 ical crossing’’ means a corridor with a maximum 

13 width of 30 feet across former railroad rights-of-way 

14 within the Park— 

15 (A) that has been used by adjacent land16 owners in an open manner multiple times in 

17 more than 1 of the past 10 years for vehicle, 

18 farm machinery, or livestock travel; or 

19 (B) where existing utility or pipelines have 

20 been placed. 

21 (3) NETWORK.—The term ‘‘Network’’ means the 

22 Transcontinental Railroad Network established under 

23 section 4. 


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1 (4) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Golden 

2 Spike National Historical Park designated under sec3 tion 3. 

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

5 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di6 rector of the National Park Service. 

7 (6) TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD.—The term 

8 ‘‘Transcontinental Railroad’’ means the approxi9 mately 1,912-mile continuous railroad constructed be10 tween 1863 and 1869 from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to 

11 San Francisco, California. 

12 SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION. 

13 (a) REDESIGNATION.—The Golden Spike National 

14 Historic Site designated April 2, 1957, and placed under 

15 the administration of the National Park Service under the 

16 Act of July 10, 1965 (79 Stat. 426), shall be known and 

17 designated as the ‘‘Golden Spike National Historical Park’’. 

18 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu19 lation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

20 States to the Golden Spike National Historic Site shall be 

21 considered a reference to the ‘‘Golden Spike National His22 torical Park’’. 

23 (c) NETWORK.—The Park shall be part of the Network. 


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1 SEC. 4. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD NETWORK. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish, with3 in the National Park Service, the Transcontinental Rail4 road Network. The Network shall not include properties 

5 used in active freight railroad operations (or other ancil6 lary purposes) or reasonably anticipated to be used for 

7 freight railroad operations in the future. 

8 (b) STUDY.—The Secretary shall— 

9 (1) inventory National Park Service sites, facili10 ties, and programs; and 

11 (2) identify other sites, facilities, and programs, 

12 to determine their suitability for inclusion in the Network, 

13 as delineated under subsection (e). 

14 (c) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—In carrying out the 

15 Network, the Secretary shall— 

16 (1) produce and disseminate appropriate edu17 cation materials relating to the history, construction, 

18 and legacy of the Transcontinental Railroad, such as 

19 handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or electronic in20 formation; 

21 (2) enter into appropriate cooperative agree22 ments and memoranda of understanding to provide 

23 technical assistance under subsection (d); and 

24 (3) create and adopt an official, uniform symbol 

25 or device for the Network and issue guidance for the 

26 use of such symbol or device. 


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1 (d) ELEMENTS.—The Network shall encompass the fol2 lowing elements: 

3 (1) All units and programs of the National Park 

4 Service that are determined by the Secretary to relate 

5 to the history, construction, and legacy of the Trans6 continental Railroad. 

7 (2) With the consent of each person owning any 

8 legal interest in the property, other Federal, State, 

9 local, and privately owned properties that have a 

10 verifiable connection to the history, construction, and 

11 legacy of the Transcontinental Railroad and are in12 cluded in, or determined by the Secretary to be eligi13 ble for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic 

14 Places. 

15 (3) Other governmental and nongovernmental 

16 programs of an educational, research, or interpretive 

17 nature that are directly related to the history, con18 struction, and legacy of the Transcontinental Rail19 road. 

20 (e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA OF

21 UNDERSTANDING.—To achieve the purposes of this section 

22 and to ensure effective coordination of the Federal and non23 Federal elements of the Network described in subsection (d) 

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1 tive agreements and memoranda of understanding with, 

2 and provide technical assistance to, the heads of other Fed3 eral agencies, States, units of local government, regional 

4 governmental bodies, and private entities. 

5 SEC. 5. AGREEMENTS AFFECTING CERTAIN HISTORICAL 

6 CROSSINGS. 

7 (a) PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT.—No later than 6 

8 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 shall enter into a Programmatic Agreement with the Utah 

10 State Historic Preservation Office and other consulting 

11 parties to add certain undertakings in the Park to the list 

12 of those eligible for streamlined review under section 106 

13 of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (54 U.S.C. 

14 306108). In the development of the Programmatic Agree15 ment, the Secretary shall collaborate with adjacent land16 owners, Tribes, and other consulting parties. 

17 (b) ADJACENT LANDOWNERS.—After the completion of 

18 the Programmatic Agreement under subsection (a), an adja19 cent landowner shall give the Secretary notice of proposed 

20 certain undertakings. The Programmatic Agreement shall 

21 include provision for a 30-day approval or disapproval 

22 process for the proposed certain undertaking. 

23 (c) DEFINITION OF CERTAIN UNDERTAKINGS.—As 

24 used in this section, the term ‘‘certain undertakings’’ means 


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1 those activities that take place on, within, or under a histor2 ical crossing and— 

3 (1) will last less than 1 month and will have 

4 limited physical impact on the surface of the histor5 ical crossing; 

6 (2) have been implemented by an adjacent land7 owner or other adjacent landowners in the past; or 

8 (3) is the subject of a categorical exclusion under 

9 the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

10 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

11 SEC. 6. INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL. 

12 At the request of an adjacent landowner, within 30 

13 days of such a request, the Secretary shall authorize the ad14 jacent landowner to participate in the eradication of 

15 invasive species in the Park for a period of up to 10 years, 

16 subject to renewal. Such an authorization shall provide— 

17 (1) that the invasive species proposed for eradi18 cation is identified as such by the National Park 

19 Service; 

20 (2) that the method, timing, and location of the 

21 eradication must be approved by the Secretary; and 

22 (3) appropriate indemnification of the adjacent 

23 landowner. 


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1 SEC. 7. FUNDING CLARIFICATION. 

2 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

3 requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried 

4 out using amounts otherwise authorized. 


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Union Calendar No. 608 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5751 

[Report No. 115–782] 

A BILL 

To redesignate Golden Spike National Historic Site 

Network. and to establish the Transcontinental Railroad 

JUNE 25, 2018 

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


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