[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1289]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                 S. 47

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, we are doing a number of important things 
in the Senate this week.
  Last night, we passed the Natural Resources Management Act. This is a 
bipartisan package of more than 100 individual bills that will help 
protect our natural resources, spur economic development, increase 
access to public lands, and much more.
  I was very pleased that my Custer County Airport Conveyance Act, 
which I introduced with the other Members of the South Dakota 
delegation, was included in this bill. This legislation will give 
Custer County Airport full ownership of the land on which it operates 
and allow the airport to make improvements to its facilities.
  Custer County Airport supports business and recreational aviation and 
fire suppression efforts in the Black Hills region, and I am pleased 
that this bill will increase the airport's ability to serve this area 
of South Dakota.
  I am grateful to Chairman Murkowski for her leadership on this 
important lands package, as well as to Ranking Member Manchin and all 
of those who worked on these bills at the committee level.