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Union Calendar No. 428 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3600 

[Report No. 117–593] 

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

Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 28, 2021 

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

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Additional sponsors: Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. HARDER of California, Mrs. HARTZLER, Ms. CHU, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of 

Illinois 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 

printed 


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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 

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: 

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

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Route 66 Na13 tional Historic Trail, a trail that includes all 

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

15 between 1926 and 1985, extending along a 

16 route of approximately 2,400 miles from Chi17 cago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as 

18 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Route 

19 66 National Historic Trail, Proposed Route’, 

20 numbered P26/141,279, and dated December 

21 2017. 

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

23 described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file 

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1 priate offices of the National Park Service, De2 partment of the Interior. 

3 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The Route 66 

4 National Historic Trail shall be administered by 

5 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 

6 the Director of the National Park Service. Such 

7 administration shall be conducted in a manner 

8 that respects and maintains the idiosyncratic 

9 nature of the Route 66 National Historic Trail. 

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

11 States may not acquire for the Route 66 Na12 tional Historic Trail any land or interest in 

13 land— 

14 ‘‘(i) outside the exterior boundary of 

15 any federally managed area without the 

16 consent of the owner of the land or interest 

17 in land; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) that extends more than an aver19 age of one-quarter of a mile on either side 

20 of the trail. 

21 ‘‘(E) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Noth22 ing in this Act, the acquisition of the land or 

23 an interest in land authorized by this Act, or 

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1 ate buffer zones outside of the Trail. That ac2 tivities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected 

3 from the acquired land shall not preclude, limit, 

4 control, regulate, or determine the conduct or 

5 management of activities or uses outside of the 

6 trail. 

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

8 acquisition of land or an interest in land au9 thorized by this Act, or the management plan 

10 for the Route 66 National Historic Trail shall 

11 prohibit, hinder, or disrupt the development, 

12 production, or transmission of energy. 

13 ‘‘(G) EMINENT DOMAIN OR CONDEMNA14 TION.—In carrying out this Act, the Secretary 

15 of the Interior may not use eminent domain or 

16 condemnation.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 428 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3600 

[Report No. 117–593] 

A BILL 

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

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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