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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-782
GOLDEN SPIKE 150TH ANNIVERSARY ACT
JUNE 25, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5751]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5751) to redesignate Golden Spike National Historic Site
and to establish the Transcontinental Railroad Network, having
considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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
with a maximum width of 30 feet across former railroad rights-of-way within
the Park-
(A) that has been used by adjacent landowners in an open manner mul-
tiple times in more than 1 of 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) 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.
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