[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 746 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 746

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national 
   cemetery in the Sarpy County region to serve veterans in eastern 
            Nebraska, western Iowa, and northwest Missouri.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 31, 2009

  Mr. Nelson of Nebraska (for himself and Mr. Johanns) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national 
   cemetery in the Sarpy County region to serve veterans in eastern 
            Nebraska, western Iowa, and northwest Missouri.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CEMETERY IN THE SARPY COUNTY 
              REGION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish, 
in accordance with chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code, a 
national cemetery in the Sarpy County region to serve the needs of 
veterans and their families.
    (b) Consultation in Selection of Site.--Before selecting the site 
for the national cemetery established under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall consult with--
            (1) appropriate officials of the State of Nebraska and 
        local officials in the Sarpy County region; and
            (2) appropriate officials of the Federal Government, 
        including the Administrator of General Services, with respect 
        to land belonging to the Federal Government in that area that 
        would be suitable to establish the national cemetery under 
        subsection (a).
    (c) Authority To Accept Donation of Parcel of Land.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
        accept on behalf of the United States the gift of an 
        appropriate parcel of real property. The Secretary shall have 
        administrative jurisdiction over such parcel of real property, 
        and shall use such parcel to establish the national cemetery 
        under subsection (a).
            (2) Income tax treatment of gift.--For purposes of Federal 
        income, estate, and gift taxes, the real property accepted 
        under paragraph (1) shall be considered as a gift to the United 
        States.
    (d) Report.--As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the 
establishment of the national cemetery under subsection (a). The report 
shall set forth a schedule for such establishment and an estimate of 
the costs associated with such establishment.
    (e) Sarpy County Region Defined.--In this Act, the term ``Sarpy 
County region'' means the geographic area consisting of--
            (1) Knox, Antelope, Boone, Nance, Merrick, Hamilton, Clay, 
        Nuckolls, Thayer, Fillmore, York, Polk, Platte, Madison, 
        Pierce, Cedar, Wayne, Stanton, Colfax, Butler, Seward, Saline, 
        Jefferson, Gage, Lancaster, Saunders, Dodge, Cuming, Thurston, 
        Dixon, Dakota, Burt, Washington, Douglas, Sarpy, Cass, Otoe, 
        Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, and Richardson counties in the State 
        of Nebraska;
            (2) Lyon, Sioux, Plymouth, Woodbury, Monona, Harrison, 
        Pottawatomie, Mills, Fremont, Osceola, Dickinson, O'Brien, 
        Clay, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Ida, Sac, Crawford, Carroll, 
        Shelby, Audubon, Guthrie, Cass, Adair, Montgomery, Adams, 
        Union, Page, Taylor, and Ringgold counties in the State of 
        Iowa; and
            (3) Atchison, Holt, Buchanan, Platte, Clay, Clinton, 
        Dekalb, Andrew, Nodaway, Worth, and Gentry counties in the 
        State of Missouri.
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