Elko National Cemetery Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 726 To transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Bureau of Land Manage- ment land from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for use as a national cemetery, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 11, 2021 Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Ms. ROSEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat- ural Resources 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 use as a national cemetery, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Elko National Ceme- 4 tery Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 In this Act: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:35 Apr 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S726.IS S726 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 726 IS (1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 1 means the approximately 15 acres of Bureau of 2 Land Management land in Elko, Nevada, that is 3 more particularly described as NE1⁄4 4 SW1⁄4 NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, sec. 8, T. 5 34 N., R. 55 E., of the Mount Diablo Meridian, as 6 depicted on the map prepared by the Bureau of 7 Land Management, entitled ‘‘Proposed National 8 Cemetery-Elko Nevada’’, and dated September 9, 9 2015. 10 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 11 the Secretary of the Interior. 12 SEC. 3. TRANSFER AND WITHDRAWAL OF BUREAU OF LAND 13 MANAGEMENT LAND FOR USE AS A NA- 14 TIONAL CEMETERY. 15 (a) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC- 16 TION.— 17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 18 rights, administrative jurisdiction over the Federal 19 land is transferred from the Secretary to the Sec- 20 retary of Veterans Affairs for use as a national cem- 21 etery in accordance with chapter 24 of title 38, 22 United States Code. 23 (2) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:35 Apr 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S726.IS S726 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 726 IS (A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 1 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- 2 retary shall publish in the Federal Register a 3 notice containing a legal description of the Fed- 4 eral land. 5 (B) EFFECT.—A legal description pub- 6 lished under subparagraph (A) shall have the 7 same force and effect as if included in this Act, 8 except that the Secretary may correct any cler- 9 ical and typographical errors in the legal de- 10 scription. 11 (C) AVAILABILITY.—Copies of the legal de- 12 scription published under subparagraph (A) 13 shall be available for public inspection in the 14 appropriate offices of— 15 (i) the Bureau of Land Management; 16 and 17 (ii) the National Cemetery Adminis- 18 tration. 19 (D) COSTS.—The Secretary of Veterans 20 Affairs shall reimburse the Secretary for the 21 costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out 22 this paragraph, including the costs of any sur- 23 veys and other reasonable costs. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:35 Apr 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S726.IS S726 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 726 IS (b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 1 for any period during which the Federal land is under the 2 administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans 3 Affairs, the Federal land— 4 (1) is withdrawn from all forms of appropria- 5 tion under the public land laws, including the mining 6 laws, the mineral leasing laws, and the geothermal 7 leasing laws; and 8 (2) shall be treated as property (as defined in 9 section 102 of title 40, United States Code). 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:35 Apr 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S726.IS S726 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS