Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act

Bill: 116-hr-8240
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2020-09-14
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Geography and mapping

Historic sites and heritage areas

Land transfers

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Roads and highways
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the National Trails System Act to designate a trail of approximately 2,400 miles extending from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as the Route 66 National Historic Trail. </p> <p>The trail shall be administered by the National Park Service in a manner that respects and maintains its idiosyncratic nature. </p> <p>The Department of the Interior may not use eminent domain or condemnation in carrying out this bill. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8240 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act . 2. Designation of the Route 66 National Historic Trail Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1244(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (31) Route 66 National Historic Trail (A) In general The Route 66 National 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 Chicago, 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 appropriate offices of the National Park Service, Department 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 National 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 average of one-quarter of a mile on either side of the trail. (E) No buffer zone created Nothing 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 National Historic Trail shall be construed to create buffer zones outside of the Trail. That activities 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 authorized by this Act, or the management plan for the Route 66 National Historic Trail shall prohibit, hinder, or disrupt the development, production, or transmission of energy. (G) Eminent Domain or Condemnation In carrying out this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may not use eminent domain or condemnation. .