[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3519 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3519

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Butterfield 
       Overland 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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Butterfield Overland National 
Historic Trail Designation Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND 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) Butterfield overland national historic trail.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Butterfield Overland 
                National Historic Trail, a trail of approximately 3,292 
                miles following the route operated by the Butterfield 
                Overland Mail Company, known as the `Ox-Bow Route', to 
                transport mail and passengers between the eastern 
                termini of St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, 
                and extending westward through the States of Arkansas, 
                Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, to the 
                western terminus of San Francisco, California, as 
                generally depicted on the maps numbered 1 through 15, 
                entitled `Study Route Maps', and contained in the 
                report prepared by the National Park Service entitled 
                `Butterfield Overland Trail National Historical Trail 
                Special Resource Study' and dated May 2018.
                    ``(B) Maps.--The maps described in subparagraph (A) 
                shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
                the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
                    ``(C) Administration.--The trail established by 
                subparagraph (A) shall be administered by the Secretary 
                of the Interior.
                    ``(D) Land acquisition.--The United States shall 
                not acquire for the trail established by subparagraph 
                (A) any land or interest in land outside of the 
                exterior boundary of any federally administered area 
                without the consent of the owner of the land or 
                interest in land.
                    ``(E) No buffer zone created.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Nothing in this 
                        paragraph, the acquisition of land or an 
                        interest in land authorized by this paragraph, 
                        or any management plan for the Butterfield 
                        Overland National Historic Trail creates a 
                        buffer zone outside of the Butterfield Overland 
                        National Historic Trail.
                            ``(ii) Outside activities.--The fact that 
                        an activity or use on land outside the 
                        Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail 
                        can be seen, heard, or detected from land or an 
                        interest in land acquired for the Butterfield 
                        Overland National Historic Trail shall not 
                        preclude, limit, control, regulate, or 
                        determine the conduct or management of the 
                        activity or use.
                    ``(F) Effect on energy development, production, or 
                transmission.--Nothing in this paragraph, the 
                acquisition of land or an interest in land authorized 
                by this paragraph, or any management plan for the 
                Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail shall 
                prohibit, hinder, or disrupt the development, 
                production, or transmission of energy.
                    ``(G) No eminent domain or condemnation.--In 
                carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary of the 
                Interior may not use eminent domain or condemnation.''.

            Passed the Senate December 20, 2022.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3519

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Butterfield 
       Overland National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.