Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act”.
Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act
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.
Sec. 2 Definitions
In this Act:
BLM land— The term “BLM land” means the approximately 191.24 acres of Bureau of Land Management land within Meade County, South Dakota, which is more particularly described as follows:
In sec. 23, T. 5 N, R. 5 E., Black Hills Meridian—
the land in the SW1/4SW1/4 located south of the tread of the Centennial Trail;
the land in the SE1/4SW1/4 located south of the tread of the Centennial Trail and southwest of the southwesterly railroad right-of-way boundary described and authorized under MTM–14260; and
the land in the SW1/4SE1/4 located southwest of the southwesterly railroad right-of-way boundary.
In sec. 26, T. 5 N, R. 5 E., Black Hills Meridian—
lots 5, 11, and 12; and
in lot 10, the land located southwest of the southwesterly railroad right-of-way boundary described and authorized under MTM–14260 and NW1/4NW1/4.
Cemetery— The term “Cemetery” means the Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota.
Sec. 3 Transfer of administrative jurisdiction
In general— Administrative jurisdiction over the BLM land is transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for inclusion in the Cemetery.
Boundary modification— On the transfer of the BLM land under subsection (a), the boundary of the Cemetery is modified to include the BLM land.
Modification of public land order— On the transfer of the BLM land under subsection (a), Public Land Order 2112, dated June 6, 1960 (25 Fed. Reg. 5243), is modified to exclude the BLM land.