[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[S. 2831 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2831

To redesignate Golden Spike National Historic Site and to establish the 
                   Transcontinental Railroad Network.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 10, 2018

  Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To redesignate Golden Spike National Historic Site and to establish the 
                   Transcontinental Railroad Network.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Golden Spike 150th Anniversary 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Adjacent landowner.--The term ``adjacent landowner'' 
        means the non-Federal owner of property that directly abuts the 
        Park boundaries.
            (2) Historical crossing.--The term ``historical crossing'' 
        means a corridor across historical railroad rights-of-way 
        within the Park--
                    (A) that have been used by adjacent landowners in 
                an open manner in 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.
            (4) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Golden Spike 
        National Historical Park designated under section 3.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.
            (6) Superintendent.--The term ``Superintendent'' means the 
        Superintendent of the Park.
            (7) Transcontinental railroad.--The term ``Transcontinental 
        Railroad'' means the approximately 1,912-mile continuous 
        railroad constructed between 1863 and 1869 from Council Bluffs, 
        Iowa, to San Francisco, California.

SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION.

    (a) Redesignation.--The Golden Spike National Historic Site 
established 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, regulation, 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 Historical Park''.
    (c) Network.--The Park shall be part of the Network.

SEC. 4. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD NETWORK.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish, within the National 
Park Service, a program to be known as the Transcontinental Railroad 
Network. The Network shall not include properties used in active 
freight railroad operations (or other ancillary purposes) or reasonably 
anticipated to be used for freight railroad operations in the future.
    (b) Duties of the Secretary.--In carrying out the Network, the 
Secretary shall--
            (1) produce and disseminate appropriate education materials 
        relating to the history, construction, and legacy of the 
        Transcontinental Railroad, such as handbooks, maps, 
        interpretive guides, or electronic information;
            (2) enter into appropriate cooperative agreements 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.
    (c) Elements.--The Network shall encompass the following 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 Transcontinental Railroad.
            (2) With the consent of each person owning any legal 
        interest in the property, other Federal, State, local, and 
        privately owned properties that--
                    (A) have a verifiable connection to the history, 
                construction, and legacy of the Transcontinental 
                Railroad and are included in, or determined by the 
                Secretary to be eligible for inclusion in, the National 
                Register of Historic Places; or
                    (B) are otherwise determined by the Secretary to be 
                connected to the history, construction, and legacy of 
                the Transcontinental Railroad.
            (3) Other governmental and nongovernmental programs of an 
        educational, research, or interpretive nature that are directly 
        related to the history, construction, and legacy of the 
        Transcontinental Railroad.
    (d) 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 (c) with National Park System units and 
programs of the National Park Service, the Secretary may enter into 
cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding with, and provide 
technical assistance to, the heads of other Federal agencies, States, 
units of local government, regional governmental bodies, and private 
entities.

SEC. 5. AGREEMENTS AFFECTING CERTAIN HISTORICAL CROSSINGS.

    (a) Agreements.--At the request of an adjacent landowner, the 
Superintendent shall enter into an agreement with the adjacent 
landowner regarding an existing historical crossing within the Park.
    (b) Terms of Agreement.--The agreement shall provide that--
            (1) the adjacent landowner shall give notice to the 
        Superintendent of a proposed activity that will affect the 
        surface or subsurface of the historical crossing;
            (2) the Superintendent shall review and approve or 
        disapprove the proposed activity within 30 days of the date 
        that the adjacent landowner gives notice of a proposed activity 
        under paragraph (1);
            (3) the Superintendent shall approve a proposed activity 
        if--
                    (A) the adjacent landowner will restore the surface 
                of the historical crossing within a reasonable time 
                following the completion of the proposed activity;
                    (B) the proposed activity will last less than one 
                month and will have limited physical impact on the 
                surface of the historical crossing;
                    (C) the proposed activity has been implemented by 
                the adjacent landowner or other adjacent landowners in 
                the past; or
                    (D) the proposed activity is the subject of a 
                categorical exclusion under the National Environmental 
                Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and
            (4) if the Superintendent disapproves the activity, the 
        adjacent landowner may modify the proposed activity and 
        resubmit it for review under paragraph (1).

SEC. 6. EXOTIC OR INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL.

    At the request of an adjacent landowner, within 30 days of such a 
request, the Superintendent shall authorize the adjacent landowner to 
participate in the eradication of exotic or invasive species in the 
Park for a period of up to 10 years, subject to renewal. Such an 
authorization shall provide--
            (1) that the exotic or invasive species proposed for 
        eradication is identified as such by the National Park Service;
            (2) that the method, timing and location of the eradication 
        must be approved by the Superintendent; and
            (3) appropriate indemnification of the adjacent landowner.

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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