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Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act
Sponsored By: Representative LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16]
In Committee
Summary
The Route 66 National Historic Trail designation creates a new National Trails System component to preserve and manage all historic alignments of U.S. Highway 66 from 1926 to 1985. It defines an approximate 2,400-mile corridor from Chicago to Santa Monica and charges the National Park Service with administration while preserving the route's unique character.
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- Travelers and communities: The law highlights and protects the full historic alignments along an estimated 2,400-mile route, which supports preservation and heritage tourism for towns and businesses along the corridor.
- Property owners and local governments: The United States may not buy land without an owner's consent, may not use eminent domain, and federal acquisition is limited to about one-quarter of a mile on average on either side of the trail. No buffer zones are created and activities visible from acquired land do not restrict uses outside the trail.
- Tribal Nations and federal agencies: The Secretary must conduct timely tribal consultation before actions that would substantially directly affect tribes. Federal land managers keep authority to grant easements and rights-of-way and the designation does not block energy development or require new federal permits.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Limits on Land Use and Eminent Domain
This bill would limit federal land actions for the Route 66 Trail. The United States could not buy land for the trail outside the boundary of a federal area without the owner's consent. Any acquired land could not average more than one-quarter mile (0.25 miles) on either side of the trail. The Secretary could not use eminent domain or condemnation. The bill would not create buffer zones, would not change existing authority to grant easements or rights-of-way, would not by itself trigger new federal permits only because of the trail designation, and would not stop current or future energy development or infrastructure.
Make Route 66 a National Trail
This bill would designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail. The trail would include all alignments of U.S. Highway 66 that existed from 1926 to 1985, about 2,400 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica. The official map is numbered P26/141,279 and dated December 2017, and it would be kept on file in National Park Service offices for public inspection.
NPS Runs Trail; Tribal Consultation
This bill would have the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service Director, administer the Route 66 Trail. Administration would have to respect the trail's idiosyncratic character and keep the official map on file in NPS offices. Before any trail activity that would substantially directly affect an Indian Tribe, the Secretary would have to conduct active, meaningful, and timely tribal consultation consistent with Executive Order 13175 and federal law.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16]
IL • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
Sponsored 9/28/2026
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/5/2026
Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
NM • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
IL • D
Sponsored 3/17/2026
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2]
KS • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/15/2026
Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/16/2026
Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
OK • R
Sponsored 4/20/2026
Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
MO • R
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/28/2026
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/7/2026
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/7/2026
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
AZ • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 5/26/2026
Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]
NM • D
Sponsored 5/29/2026
Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23]
CA • R
Sponsored 7/30/2026
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Sponsored 8/27/2026
Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]
NM • D
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/15/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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