I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Route 66 National 
Historic Trail Designation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF THE ROUTE 66 NATIONAL HIS-
TORIC TRAIL. 
Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(31) ROUTE 66 NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Route 66 Na-
tional Historic Trail, a trail that includes all 
the alignments of U.S. Highway 66 in existence 
between 1926 and 1985, extending along a 
route of approximately 2,400 miles from Chi-
cago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Route 
66 National Historic Trail, Proposed Route’, 
numbered P26/141,279, and dated December 
2017. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY
OF
MAP.—The map 
described in subparagraph (A) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the National Park Service, De-
partment of the Interior. 
‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The Route 66 
National Historic Trail shall be administered by 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Director of the National Park Service. Such 
administration shall be conducted in a manner 
that respects and maintains the idiosyncratic 
nature of the Route 66 National Historic Trail. 
‘‘(D) LAND
ACQUISITION.—The United 
States may not acquire for the Route 66 Na-
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tional Historic Trail any land or interest in 
land— 
‘‘(i) outside the exterior boundary of 
any federally managed area without the 
consent of the owner of the land or interest 
in land; or 
‘‘(ii) that extends more than an aver-
age of one-quarter of a mile on either side 
of the trail. 
‘‘(E) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Noth-
ing in this Act, the acquisition of the land or 
an interest in land authorized by this Act, or 
the management plan for the Route 66 Na-
tional Historic Trail shall be construed to cre-
ate buffer zones outside of the Trail. That ac-
tivities or uses can be seen, heard, or detected 
from the acquired land shall not preclude, limit, 
control, regulate, or determine the conduct or 
management of activities or uses outside of the 
trail. 
‘‘(F) ENERGY.—Nothing in this Act, the 
acquisition of land or an interest in land au-
thorized by this Act, or the management plan 
for the Route 66 National Historic Trail shall 
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prohibit, hinder, or disrupt the development, 
production, or transmission of energy. 
‘‘(G) EMINENT
DOMAIN
OR
CONDEMNA-
TION.—In carrying out this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior may not use eminent domain or 
condemnation.’’. 
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