[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1961 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1961

To designate certain lands in the Valley Forge National Historical Park 
                 as the Valley Forge National Cemetery.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 1999

 Mr. Hoeffel (for himself, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Murtha, Mr. 
 Borski, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Holden, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
   Fattah, Mr. English, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. 
 Kanjorski, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Klink, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Gekas, 
  Mr. Mascara, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Coyne, and Mr. Toomey) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources, and 
 in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To designate certain lands in the Valley Forge National Historical Park 
                 as the Valley Forge National Cemetery.

    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 a map 
entitled ``Valley Forge National Cemetery--Proposed''.
    (c) Adjustment of Park Boundaries.--Subsection (b) of section 2 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) 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 ____''.
                                 <all>