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A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests…

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A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982.

Introduced: August 2, 2022 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Aug 2, 2022
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This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to relocate a memorial in North Carolina honoring the nine Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982, with the consent of the owner of the private land where the memorial is currently located.

What's happening now August 2, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4705: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4705/
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"S. 4705: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4705/.
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S. 4705, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4705/.
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[S. 4705: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4705/)
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