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Union Calendar No. 484 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 801 

[Report No. 115–633] 

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

Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2017 

Mr. LAHOOD (for himself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, 

Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mrs. TORRES, 

and Mr. KINZINGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources 

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Additional sponsors: Mr. FOSTER, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. COOK, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. 

JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of 

New Mexico, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, 

Mr. COLE, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. LONG, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, and Mr. 

CLAY

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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 February 1, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 

Route 66 National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Route 66 National His5 toric 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: 

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

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Route 66 National 

13 Historic Trail, a trail that includes all the 

14 alignments of U.S. Highway 66 in existence be15 tween 1926 and 1985, extending along a route of 

16 approximately 2,400 miles from Chicago, Illi17 nois, to Santa Monica, California, as generally 

18 depicted on the map entitled ‘Route 66 National 

19 Historic Trail, Proposed Route’, numbered P26/ 

20 141,279, and dated December 2017. 

21 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map de22 scribed in subparagraph (A) shall be on file and 

23 available for public inspection in the appro24 priate offices of the National Park Service, De25 partment of the Interior. 


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1 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The Route 66 Na2 tional Historic Trail shall be administered by 

3 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 

4 Director of the National Park Service. Such ad5 ministration shall be conducted in a manner 

6 that respects and maintains the idiosyncratic 

7 nature of the Route 66 National Historic Trail. 

8 ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—The United 

9 States may not acquire for the Route 66 Na10 tional Historic Trail any land or interest in 

11 land— 

12 ‘‘(i) outside the exterior boundary of 

13 any federally managed area without the 

14 consent of the owner of the land or interest 

15 in land; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) that extends more than an aver17 age of one-quarter of a mile on either side 

18 of the trail. 

19 ‘‘(E) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing 

20 in this Act, the acquisition of the land or an in21 terest in land authorized by this Act, or the 

22 management plan for the Route 66 National 

23 Historic Trail shall be construed to create buffer 

24 zones outside of the Trail. That activities or uses 

25 can be seen, heard, or detected from the acquired 


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1 land shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate, 

2 or determine the conduct or management of ac3 tivities or uses outside of the trail. 

4 ‘‘(F) ENERGY.—Nothing in this Act, the ac5 quisition of land or an interest in land author6 ized by this Act, or the management plan for the 

7 Route 66 National Historic Trail shall prohibit, 

8 hinder, or disrupt the development, production, 

9 or transmission of energy. 

10 ‘‘(G) EMINENT DOMAIN OR CONDEMNA11 TION.—In carrying out this Act, the Secretary of 

12 the Interior may not use eminent domain or con13 demnation.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 484 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 801 

[Report No. 115–633] 

A BILL 

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

APRIL 13, 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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