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S 447 113th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Cemeteries and funerals Forests, forestry, trees Land transfers South Dakota

Black Hills Cemetery Act

Introduced: March 5, 2013 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Jun 27, 2013
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 117.
Jun 27, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-63.
May 16, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Apr 25, 2013
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.
Mar 5, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 5, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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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.

Subjects each such conveyance to the conditions that: (1) the recipient accept the conveyed real property as is, (2) the conveyed lands to continue to be used in the same manner and for the same purposes as they were immediately before conveyance, and (3) the recipients bear the cost of the survey for their particular parcels.

What's happening now June 27, 2013

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 117.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 291 Identical bill Black Hills Cemetery Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 447: Black Hills Cemetery Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-447/
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