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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5751 
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. STEW-
ART) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To redesignate Golden Spike National Historic Site and to 
establish the Transcontinental Railroad Network. 
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 ‘‘Golden Spike 150th 
Anniversary Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADJACENT LANDOWNER.—The term ‘‘adja-
cent landowner’’ means the non-Federal owner of 
property that directly abuts the Park boundaries. 
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(2) HISTORICAL CROSSING.—The term ‘‘histor-
ical crossing’’ means a corridor across historical rail-
road rights-of-way within the Park— 
(A) that have been used by adjacent land-
owners in an open manner in the past 10 years 
for vehicle, farm machinery or livestock travel; 
or 
(B) where existing utility or pipelines have 
been placed. 
(3) NETWORK.—The term ‘‘Network’’ means 
the Transcontinental Railroad Network established 
under section 4. 
(4) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Gold-
en Spike National Historical Park designated under 
section 3. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
(6) SUPERINTENDENT.—The term ‘‘Super-
intendent’’ means the Superintendent of the Park. 
(7) TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD.—The term 
‘‘Transcontinental Railroad’’ means the approxi-
mately 1,912-mile continuous railroad constructed 
between 1863 and 1869 from Council Bluffs, Iowa, 
to San Francisco, California. 
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SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The Golden Spike National 
Historic Site established under the Act of July 10, 1965 
(79 Stat. 426), shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Golden Spike National Historical Park’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Golden Spike National Historic Site shall 
be considered a reference to the ‘‘Golden Spike National 
Historical Park’’. 
(c) NETWORK.—The Park shall be part of the Net-
work. 
SEC. 4. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD NETWORK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish, 
within the National Park Service, a program to be known 
as the Transcontinental Railroad Network. The Network 
shall not include properties used in active freight railroad 
operations (or other ancillary purposes) or reasonably an-
ticipated to be used for freight railroad operations in the 
future. 
(b) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—In carrying out 
the Network, the Secretary shall— 
(1) produce and disseminate appropriate edu-
cation materials relating to the history, construction, 
and legacy of the Transcontinental Railroad, such as 
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handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or electronic 
information; 
(2) enter into appropriate cooperative agree-
ments and memoranda of understanding to provide 
technical assistance under subsection (d); and 
(3) create and adopt an official, uniform symbol 
or device for the Network and issue guidance for the 
use of such symbol or device. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The Network shall encompass the 
following elements: 
(1) All units and programs of the National 
Park Service that are determined by the Secretary 
to relate to the history, construction, and legacy of 
the Transcontinental Railroad. 
(2) With the consent of each person owning any 
legal interest in the property, other Federal, State, 
local, and privately-owned properties that— 
(A) have a verifiable connection to the his-
tory, construction, and legacy of the Trans-
continental Railroad and are included in, or de-
termined by the Secretary to be eligible for in-
clusion in, the National Register of Historic 
Places; or 
(B) are otherwise determined by the Sec-
retary to be connected to the history, construc-
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tion, and legacy of the Transcontinental Rail-
road. 
(3) Other governmental and nongovernmental 
programs of an educational, research, or interpretive 
nature that are directly related to the history, con-
struction, and legacy of the Transcontinental Rail-
road. 
(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDA 
OF UNDERSTANDING.—To achieve the purposes of this 
section and to ensure effective coordination of the Federal 
and non-Federal elements of the Network described in 
subsection (c) with National Park System units and pro-
grams of the National Park Service, the Secretary may 
enter into cooperative agreements and memoranda of un-
derstanding with, and provide technical assistance to, the 
heads of other Federal agencies, States, units of local gov-
ernment, regional governmental bodies, and private enti-
ties. 
SEC. 5. AGREEMENTS AFFECTING CERTAIN HISTORICAL 
CROSSINGS. 
(a) AGREEMENTS.—At the request of an adjacent 
landowner, the Superintendent shall enter into an agree-
ment with the adjacent landowner regarding an existing 
historical crossing within the Park. 
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(b) TERMS OF AGREEMENT.—The agreement shall 
provide that— 
(1) the adjacent landowner shall give notice to 
the Superintendent of a proposed activity that will 
affect the surface or subsurface of the historical 
crossing; 
(2) the Superintendent shall review and approve 
or disapprove the proposed activity within 30 days 
of the date that the adjacent landowner gives notice 
of a proposed activity under paragraph (1); 
(3) the Superintendent shall approve a pro-
posed activity if— 
(A) the adjacent landowner will restore the 
surface of the historical crossing within a rea-
sonable time following the completion of the 
proposed activity; 
(B) the proposed activity will last less than 
one month and will have limited physical impact 
on the surface of the historical crossing; 
(C) the proposed activity has been imple-
mented by the adjacent landowner or other ad-
jacent landowners in the past; or 
(D) the proposed activity is the subject of 
a categorical exclusion under the National Envi-
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ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.); and 
(4) if the Superintendent disapproves the activ-
ity, the adjacent landowner may modify the proposed 
activity and resubmit it for review under paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 6. EXOTIC OR INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL. 
At the request of an adjacent landowner, within 30 
days of such a request, the Superintendent shall authorize 
the adjacent landowner to participate in the eradication 
of exotic or invasive species in the Park for a period of 
up to 10 years, subject to renewal. Such an authorization 
shall provide— 
(1) that the exotic or invasive species proposed 
for eradication is identified as such by the National 
Park Service; 
(2) that the method, timing and location of the 
eradication must be approved by the Superintendent; 
and 
(3) appropriate indemnification of the adjacent 
landowner. 
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SEC. 7. FUNDING CLARIFICATION. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be car-
ried out using amounts otherwise authorized. 
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