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S 3288 112th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Cemeteries and funerals Forests, forestry, trees Land transfers South Dakota

Black Hills Cemetery Act

Introduced: June 13, 2012 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Jun 13, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 13, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Black Hills Cemetery Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey, to the local communities in South Dakota that are currently managing specified community cemeteries, all interest of the United States in: (1) the parcels of National Forest System land that contain the cemeteries, and (2) up to an additional two acres adjoining each cemetery to ensure that such conveyances include unmarked gravesites and allow for the expansion of those cemeteries.

What's happening now June 13, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3874 Related bill Black Hills Cemetery Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3288: Black Hills Cemetery Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3288/
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"S. 3288: Black Hills Cemetery Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3288/.
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S. 3288, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3288/.
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