[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 198 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S9614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL DESIGNATION ACT
Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be discharged from further
consideration of S. 3519 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate
consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 3519) to amend the National Trails System Act to
designate the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail,
and for other purposes.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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On page S9614, December 20, 2022, first column, the following
appears: There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to
consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources.
The online Record has been corrected to read: There being no
objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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Mr. HEINRICH. I ask unanimous consent that the Boozman substitute
amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as
amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 6586) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to,
as follows:
(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
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.''.
The bill (S. 1942), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
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