US Congress Senate Bill 447 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 5 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-06-27 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 117.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Black Hills Cemetery Act

Sen. John Thune [R-SD]

Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-27	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 117.
2013-06-27	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-63.
2013-05-16	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2013-04-25	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.
2013-03-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB291 (Same As) 2014-07-25 - Became Public Law No: 113-131.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/447/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s447/BILLS-113s447is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s447/BILLS-113s447rs.pdf