US Congress Senate Bill 2223 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on October 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-09-06 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act (Sec. 3) This bill transfers jurisdiction over approximately 200 acres of Bureau of Land Management land from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota. The VA shall reimburse Interior for reasonable transfer costs, including survey costs. The cemetery's boundary is modified to include such federal land. For the period such land is under the administrative jurisdiction of the VA, it shall be withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral leasing laws, and the geothermal leasing laws.

Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act

Sen. John Thune [R-SD]

Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]

Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-06	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598.
2016-09-06	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment. With written report No. 114-325.
2016-07-13	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
2016-04-21	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
2015-10-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB3839 (Related) 2016-09-12 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 624.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2223/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2223/BILLS-114s2223is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2223/BILLS-114s2223rs.pdf