[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3964-S3965]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2314. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Ms. Rosen) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. 
Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 28____. TRANSFER AND WITHDRAWAL OF BUREAU OF LAND 
                   MANAGEMENT LAND FOR USE AS A NATIONAL CEMETERY.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
     approximately 15 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in 
     Elko, Nevada, that is more particularly described as NE\1/4\ 
     SW\1/4\ NW\1/4\, N\1/2\ SE\1/4\ SW\1/4\ NW\1/4\, sec. 8, T. 
     34 N., R. 55 E., of the Mount Diablo Meridian, as depicted on 
     the map prepared by the Bureau of Land Management, entitled 
     ``Proposed National Cemetery-Elko Nevada'', and dated 
     September 9, 2015.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
     administrative jurisdiction over the Federal land is 
     transferred from the Secretary to the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs for use as a national cemetery in accordance with 
     chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code.
       (2) Legal descriptions.--
       (A) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the 
     Federal Register a notice containing a legal description of 
     the Federal land.
       (B) Effect.--A legal description published under 
     subparagraph (A) shall have the same force and effect as if 
     included in this section, except that the Secretary may 
     correct any

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     clerical and typographical errors in the legal description.
       (C) Availability.--Copies of the legal description 
     published under subparagraph (A) shall be available for 
     public inspection in the appropriate offices of--
       (i) the Bureau of Land Management; and
       (ii) the National Cemetery Administration.
       (D) Costs.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     reimburse the Secretary for the costs incurred by the 
     Secretary in carrying out this paragraph, including the costs 
     of any surveys and other reasonable costs.
       (c) Due Diligence.--Before making a determination on 
     whether the Federal land is appropriate for cemetery 
     purposes, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination 
     with the Secretary, may complete appropriate environmental, 
     cultural resource, and other due diligence activities with 
     respect to the Federal land.
       (d) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, for any 
     period during which the Federal land is under the 
     administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs, the Federal land--
       (1) is withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the 
     public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral 
     leasing laws, and the geothermal leasing laws; and
       (2) shall be treated as property (as defined in section 102 
     of title 40, United States Code).
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