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S 2223 114th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Cemeteries and funerals Land transfers South Dakota Veterans' organizations and recognition

Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act

Introduced: October 29, 2015 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Became law
Sep 6, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598.
Sep 6, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment. With written report No. 114-325.
Jul 13, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Apr 21, 2016
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-500.
Oct 29, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Oct 29, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act

(Sec. 3) This bill transfers jurisdiction over approximately 200 acres of Bureau of Land Management land from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota.

The VA shall reimburse Interior for reasonable transfer costs, including survey costs.

The cemetery's boundary is modified to include such federal land.

For the period such land is under the administrative jurisdiction of the VA, it shall be withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral leasing laws, and the geothermal leasing laws.

What's happening now September 6, 2016

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3839 Related bill Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act
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 Cosponsors 1
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Nov 3, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2223: Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2223/
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"S. 2223: Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2223/.
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