S 447 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Black Hills Cemetery Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 27, 2013 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 117.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 5, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Black Hills Cemetery Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey, to the local communities in South Dakota that are currently managing specified community cemeteries, all interest of the United States in: (1) the parcels of National Forest System land that contain the cemeteries, and (2) up to an additional two acres adjoining each cemetery to ensure that such conveyances include unmarked gravesites and allow for the expansion of those cemeteries.

Subjects each such conveyance to the conditions that: (1) the recipient accept the conveyed real property as is, (2) the conveyed lands to continue to be used in the same manner and for the same purposes as they were immediately before conveyance, and (3) the recipients bear the cost of the survey for their particular parcels.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 5, 2013.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-SDTim JohnsonOriginalMar 5, 2013

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 27, 2013Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-63.
  2. Jun 27, 2013Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 117.
  3. May 16, 2013Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Apr 25, 2013Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.
  5. Mar 5, 2013Introduced in Senate

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 291Black Hills Cemetery ActIdentical billJul 25, 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 27, 2013Reported to Senate
  2. Mar 5, 2013Introduced in Senate

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