[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1924 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1924

  To transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Bureau of Land 
Management land from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 4, 2015

 Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Rounds) 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 transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Bureau of Land 
Management land from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs for inclusion in the Black Hills 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Black Hills National Cemetery 
Boundary Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) BLM land.--The term ``BLM land'' means the 
        approximately 191.24 acres of Bureau of Land Management land 
        within Meade County, South Dakota, which is more particularly 
        described as follows:
                    (A) In sec. 23, T. 5 N, R. 5 E., Black Hills 
                Meridian--
                            (i) the land in the SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ located 
                        south of the tread of the Centennial Trail;
                            (ii) the land in the SE\1/4\SW\1/4\ located 
                        south of the tread of the Centennial Trail and 
                        southwest of the southwesterly railroad right-
                        of-way boundary described and authorized under 
                        MTM-14260; and
                            (iii) the land in the SW\1/4\SE\1/4\ 
                        located southwest of the southwesterly railroad 
                        right-of-way boundary.
                    (B) In sec. 26, T. 5 N, R. 5 E., Black Hills 
                Meridian--
                            (i) lots 5, 11, and 12; and
                            (ii) in lot 10, the land located southwest 
                        of the southwesterly railroad right-of-way 
                        boundary described and authorized under MTM-
                        14260 and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.
            (2) Cemetery.--The term ``Cemetery'' means the Black Hills 
        National Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.

    (a) In General.--Administrative jurisdiction over the BLM land is 
transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for inclusion in the Cemetery.
    (b) Boundary Modification.--On the transfer of the BLM land under 
subsection (a), the boundary of the Cemetery is modified to include the 
BLM land.
    (c) Modification of Public Land Order.--On the transfer of the BLM 
land under subsection (a), Public Land Order 2112, dated June 6, 1960 
(25 Fed. Reg. 5243), is modified to exclude the BLM land.
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