119 S5359 IS: Pennington County Land Conveyance Act U.S. Senate 2026-08-07 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II119th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 5359IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAugust 7, 2026Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesA BILLTo direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Pennington County, South Dakota, certain National Forest System land.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Pennington County Land Conveyance Act.

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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.