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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. STEW-
ART) 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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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 An-
niversary 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. 
(2) HISTORICAL CROSSING.—The term ‘‘histor-
ical crossing’’ means a corridor with a maximum 
width of 30 feet across former railroad rights-of-way 
within the Park— 
(A) that has been used by adjacent land-
owners in an open manner multiple times in 
more than 1 of 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. 
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(4) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Golden 
Spike National Historical Park designated under sec-
tion 3. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
(6) TRANSCONTINENTAL
RAILROAD.—The term 
‘‘Transcontinental Railroad’’ means the approxi-
mately 1,912-mile continuous railroad constructed be-
tween 1863 and 1869 from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to 
San Francisco, California. 
SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The Golden Spike National 
Historic Site designated April 2, 1957, and placed under 
the administration of the National Park Service 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, regu-
lation, 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 His-
torical Park’’. 
(c) NETWORK.—The Park shall be part of the Network. 
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SEC. 4. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD NETWORK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish, with-
in the National Park Service, the Transcontinental Rail-
road Network. The Network shall not include properties 
used in active freight railroad operations (or other ancil-
lary purposes) or reasonably anticipated to be used for 
freight railroad operations in the future. 
(b) STUDY.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) inventory National Park Service sites, facili-
ties, and programs; and 
(2) identify other sites, facilities, and programs, 
to determine their suitability for inclusion in the Network, 
as delineated under subsection (e). 
(c) 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 
handbooks, maps, interpretive guides, or electronic in-
formation; 
(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. 
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(d) ELEMENTS.—The Network shall encompass the fol-
lowing 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 Trans-
continental Railroad. 
(2) With the consent of each person owning any 
legal interest in the property, other Federal, State, 
local, and privately owned properties that have a 
verifiable connection to the history, construction, and 
legacy of the Transcontinental Railroad and are in-
cluded in, or determined by the Secretary to be eligi-
ble for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic 
Places. 
(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. 
(e) 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 (d) 
with National Park System units and programs of the Na-
tional Park Service, the Secretary may enter into coopera-
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tive agreements and memoranda of understanding with, 
and provide technical assistance to, the heads of other Fed-
eral agencies, States, units of local government, regional 
governmental bodies, and private entities. 
SEC. 5. AGREEMENTS AFFECTING CERTAIN HISTORICAL 
CROSSINGS. 
(a) PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT.—No later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall enter into a Programmatic Agreement with the Utah 
State Historic Preservation Office and other consulting 
parties to add certain undertakings in the Park to the list 
of those eligible for streamlined review under section 106 
of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (54 U.S.C. 
306108). In the development of the Programmatic Agree-
ment, the Secretary shall collaborate with adjacent land-
owners, Tribes, and other consulting parties. 
(b) ADJACENT LANDOWNERS.—After the completion of 
the Programmatic Agreement under subsection (a), an adja-
cent landowner shall give the Secretary notice of proposed 
certain undertakings. The Programmatic Agreement shall 
include provision for a 30-day approval or disapproval 
process for the proposed certain undertaking. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF CERTAIN UNDERTAKINGS.—As 
used in this section, the term ‘‘certain undertakings’’ means 
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those activities that take place on, within, or under a histor-
ical crossing and— 
(1) will last less than 1 month and will have 
limited physical impact on the surface of the histor-
ical crossing; 
(2) have been implemented by an adjacent land-
owner or other adjacent landowners in the past; or 
(3) is the subject of a categorical exclusion under 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
SEC. 6. INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL. 
At the request of an adjacent landowner, within 30 
days of such a request, the Secretary shall authorize the ad-
jacent landowner to participate in the eradication of 
invasive species in the Park for a period of up to 10 years, 
subject to renewal. Such an authorization shall provide— 
(1) that the invasive species proposed for eradi-
cation is identified as such by the National Park 
Service; 
(2) that the method, timing, and location of the 
eradication must be approved by the Secretary; 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 carried 
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 
and to establish the Transcontinental Railroad 
Network. 
JUNE 25, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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