[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2530 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2530

To designate certain lands in the Valley Forge National Historical Park 
     as the Valley Forge National Cemetery, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 1998

  Mr. Specter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate certain lands in the Valley Forge National Historical Park 
     as the Valley Forge National Cemetery, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF LANDS AS VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL CEMETERY.

    (a) In General.--The lands described in subsection (b) are hereby 
designated as the Valley Forge National Cemetery. Administrative 
jurisdiction over such lands is hereby transferred to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, and such lands shall be administered in accordance 
with chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code (relating to national 
cemeteries and memorials).
    (b) Lands Described.--The lands referred to in subsection (a), 
comprised of not more than 100 acres of land, are located within the 
Valley Forge National Historical Park, as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ``Valley Forge National Cemetery--Proposed''.
    (c) Adjustment of Park Boundaries.--Section 2(a) of the Act 
entitled ``An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish the Valley Forge National Historical Park in the Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes'' (16 U.S.C. 410aa-1(a)) is 
amended by striking ``map entitled `Valley Forge National Historical 
Park', dated June 1979, and numbered VF-91,001'' and inserting ``map 
entitled `Valley Forge National Historical Park', dated ____, and 
numbered ____''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL CEMETERY IN 
              SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
report assessing the feasibility and advisability of developing or 
acquiring and operating in Southwestern Pennsylvania a cemetery as part 
of the National Cemetery System under chapter 24 of title 38, United 
States Code.
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