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.
Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act
(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) complete environmental, cultural resource, and other due diligence activities on certain federal land to confirm its suitability for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota; and (2) notify, and coordinate with, the Department of the Interior regarding such activities.
After completion of such activities and upon receipt by Interior of written confirmation of suitability from the VA, the land shall: (1) be withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral leasing laws, and the geothermal leasing laws, for as long as it remains under VA administrative jurisdiction; (2) be treated as property; and (3) be transferred, except for the land within 100 feet of the center of the Centennial Trail, from Interior to the VA for use as a national cemetery.
Interior shall publish a notice containing the legal descriptions of such transferred land.
The VA shall reimburse Interior for reasonable transfer costs, including survey costs.
The cemetery's boundary is modified to include such federal land.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-626, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-626, Part I.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 479.
Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3951-3953)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 35.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (CR H4008)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 187).(text: CR 5/16/2018 H3951-3952)
Enacted as Public Law 115-175
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 187). (text: CR 5/16/2018 H3951-3952)
Roll Call #187 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 115-175.
Became Public Law No: 115-175.