[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5359 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5359

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Pennington County, 
           South Dakota, certain National Forest System land.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 7, 2026

 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 direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Pennington County, 
           South Dakota, certain National Forest System land.

    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 ``Pennington County Land Conveyance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL LAND TO PENNINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) County.--The term ``County'' means Pennington County, 
        South Dakota.
            (2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means--
                    (A) the parcel of approximately 8.97 acres of 
                National Forest System land within the boundary of the 
                Black Hills National Forest, as generally depicted as 
                ``Parcel to be Conveyed'' on the map entitled 
                ``Pennington County (SD) Highway Maintenance Facility 
                Land Conveyance'' and dated June 22, 2026; and
                    (B) any improvements to the National Forest System 
                land described in subparagraph (A).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
    (b) Conveyance.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the County, without 
consideration and subject to any terms and conditions that the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the Federal land, to be used by the 
County for a public works facility or any other uses determined to be 
necessary by the County.
    (c) Boundary Modification.--On the conveyance of the Federal land 
to the County under subsection (b), the Secretary shall modify the 
boundary of the Black Hills National Forest to reflect the conveyance 
of the Federal land.
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