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A bill to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal land in Arlington, Virginia, and for other purposes.
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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1152
To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels
of Federal land in Arlington, Virginia, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 11, 2019
Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. COTTON) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources
A BILL
To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction
over certain parcels of Federal land in Arlington, Vir-
ginia, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION
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OVER CERTAIN PARCELS OF FEDERAL LAND
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IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.
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(a) TRANSFER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.—
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(1)
TRANSFER.—Administrative
jurisdiction
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over the parcel of Federal land described in para-
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graph (2) is transferred from the Secretary of the
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Interior to the Secretary of the Army.
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(2) DESCRIPTION
OF
LAND.—The parcel of
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Federal land referred to in paragraph (1) is the ap-
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proximately 16.09-acre parcel of land in Arlington,
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Virginia, adjacent to and comprising Memorial Ave-
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nue from the western side of the Route 110 over-
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pass, west to and including the hemicycle used by
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the Women in Military Service for America Memo-
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rial, as depicted in blue on the map entitled ‘‘Arling-
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ton National Cemetery, Memorial Ave–NPS Parcel’’
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and dated November 25, 2018.
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(b) TRANSFER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE-
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RIOR.—
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(1)
TRANSFER.—Administrative
jurisdiction
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over the parcel of Federal land described in para-
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graph (2) is transferred from the Secretary of the
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Army to the Secretary of the Interior.
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(2) DESCRIPTION
OF
LAND.—The parcel of
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land referred to in paragraph (1) is the approxi-
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mately 1.04-acre parcel of Federal land in Arlington,
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Virginia, adjacent to the Chaffee parking lot, com-
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prising 1 structure, and bounded on the northeast
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by Sherman Drive, as depicted in green on the map
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entitled ‘‘Arlington National Cemetery–Chaffee NPS
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Land Swap’’ and dated October 31, 2018.
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(c) LAND SURVEYS.—The exact acreage and legal de-
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scription of a parcel of Federal land described in sub-
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section (a)(2) or (b)(2) shall be determined by a survey
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satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army and the Sec-
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retary of the Interior.
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(d) AUTHORITY TO CORRECT ERRORS.—The Sec-
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retary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior may
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correct any clerical or typographical error in a map de-
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scribed in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2).
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(e) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—
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(1)
NO
REIMBURSEMENT
OR
CONSIDER-
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ATION.—A transfer by subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1)
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shall be without reimbursement or consideration.
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(2) CONTINUED RECREATIONAL ACCESS.—The
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use of a bicycle trail or recreational access within a
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parcel of Federal land described in subsection (a)(2)
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or (b)(2) in which the use or access is authorized be-
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fore the date of enactment of this Act shall be al-
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lowed to continue after the transfer of the applicable
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parcel of Federal land by subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1).
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(3) MANAGEMENT
OF
PARCEL
TRANSFERRED
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TO SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.—The parcel of Fed-
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eral land transferred to the Secretary of the Army
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by section (a)(1) shall be administered by the Sec-
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retary of the Army—
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(A) as part of Arlington National Ceme-
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tery; and
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(B) in accordance with applicable law, in-
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cluding—
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(i) regulations; and
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(ii) section 2409 of title 38, United
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States Code.
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(4) MANAGEMENT
OF
PARCEL
TRANSFERRED
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TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—The parcel of
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Federal land transferred to the Secretary of the In-
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terior by subsection (b)(1) shall be—
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(A) included within the boundary of Ar-
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lington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial;
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and
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(B) administered by the Secretary of the
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Interior—
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(i) as part of the memorial referred to
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in subparagraph (A); and
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(ii) in accordance with applicable law
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(including regulations).
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