# 119-hr-5470: Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act

119-hr-5470, Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] (R-IL); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-07).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5470
- Congress: 119
- Title: Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-18
- Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 21
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-07

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (21)

- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (D-NM), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK), 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2026-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limits on Land Use and Eminent Domain: benefit, medium. 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 Secr…
- Make Route 66 a National Trail: benefit, medium. 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…
- NPS Runs Trail; Tribal Consultation: benefit, low. 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 subst…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-5470 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5470)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5470 (as of 2026-10-07).