119-hr5470

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5470 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5470

 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 18, 2025

 Mr. LaHood (for himself and Ms. Leger Fernandez) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
 Resources

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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.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Route 66 National Historic Trail 
Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ROUTE 66 NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.

 

Section 5

    (a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244

    (a) ) 
is amended--

    (1) by redesignating the second paragraph

    (31) (relating to 
 Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail) as paragraph

    (32) ; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (33) 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.--
 ``
            (i) In general.--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.
 ``
            (ii) Tribal consultation.--Consistent 
 with Executive Order 13175 (25 U.S.C. 5301 
 note; relating to consultation and coordination 
 with Indian Tribal Governments) and all other 
 applicable Federal law, the Secretary of the 
 Interior shall conduct active, meaningful, and 
 timely consultation with all affected Indian 
 Tribes prior to undertaking an activity with 
 respect to the Route 66 National Historic Trail 
 that would have substantial direct impacts on 1 
 or more Indian Tribes.
 ``
            (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 
 current or future development, production, 
 transportation, or transmission of energy, including 
 the construction or maintenance of pipelines, renewable 
 energy projects, or other infrastructure for the 
 development, production, transportation, 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.
 ``
        (H) Not a designation of `lands in the national 
 park system'.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
 law, the designation of the Route 66 National Historic 
 Trail by this paragraph shall not have the effect of 
 designating the Route 66 National Historic Trail or any 
 land on which the Route 66 National Historic Trail is 
 located as `lands in the National Park System' for 
 purposes of 

section 28

    (b)

    (1) of the Mineral Leasing Act 
 (30 U.S.C. 185

    (b)

    (1) ).
 ``
            (I) No new authorities or permit.--
 ``
            (i) No effect on authority to grant 
 easements or rights-of-way.--
 ``
            (I) In general.--Notwithstanding 
 any other provision of law, the 
 designation of the Route 66 National 
 Historic Trail by this paragraph shall 
 not alter or affect the existing 
 authority of any Federal, State, or 
 local agency or official to grant 
 easements or rights-of-way over, under, 
 across, or along any portion of the 
 area designated as the Route 66 
 National Historic Trail.
 ``
            (II) Authority of heads of 
 federal agencies to grants easements or 
 rights-of-way.--Notwithstanding the 
 designation of the Route 66 National 
 Historic Trail by this paragraph, the 
 head of any Federal agency having 
 jurisdiction over any Federal land on 
 which the Route 66 National Historic 
 Trail designated by this paragraph is 
 located (other than land that is 
 considered to be `lands in the National 
 Park System' for purposes of 

section 28

    (b)

    (1) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
 U.S.C. 185

    (b)

    (1) ) as a result of a 
 designation under any other law), shall 
 have the authority to grant easements 
 or rights-of-way over, under, across, 
 or along any applicable portion of the 
 Route 66 National Historic Trail in 
 accordance with the laws applicable to 
 the Federal land.
 ``
            (ii) No new permits required.--
 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
 designation of the Route 66 National Historic 
 Trail by this paragraph shall not subject the 
 Route 66 National Historic Trail or any land on 
 which the Route 66 National Historic Trail is 
 located to any other Federal laws (including 
 regulations) requiring a Federal permit or 
 authorization that would otherwise be made 
 applicable as a result of the designation of 
 the Route 66 National Historic Trail as a 
 component of the National Trails System.''.
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