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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4705 

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring 

the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane 

crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training 

mission on August 31, 1982. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 2, 2022 

Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. BURR) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who 

lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee 

and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. RELOCATION OF MEMORIAL HONORING THE 9 

2 AIR FORCE CREW MEMBERS WHO LOST 

3 THEIR LIVES IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH DUR4 ING A TRAINING MISSION ON AUGUST 31, 

5 1982. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—With the consent of the owner of 

7 the private land adjacent to the Cherohala Skyway in the 

8 State of North Carolina on which there is located a memo9 rial honoring the 9 members of the Air Force crew of the 

10 C–141B transport plane that crashed during a training 

11 mission over the Cherokee and Nantahala National For12 ests on August 31, 1982 (referred to in this section as 

13 the ‘‘memorial’’), and subject to subsections (b) through 

14 (e), the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this sec15 tion as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may authorize, by special use au16 thorization, the installation and any maintenance associ17 ated with the installation of the memorial at an appro18 priate site at the Stratton Ridge rest area located at mile 

19 marker 2 on the Cherohala Skyway in Graham County, 

20 North Carolina, in the Nantahala National Forest. 

21 (b) SITE APPROVAL.—The site at which the memorial 

22 is installed under subsection (a) is subject to approval by 

23 the Secretary, in concurrence with— 

24 (1) the North Carolina Department of Trans25 portation; and 


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1 (2) in a case in which the site is located adja2 cent to a Federal-aid highway, the Administrator of 

3 the Federal Highway Administration. 

4 (c) FUNDING.—No Federal funds may be used to re5 locate, install, or maintain the memorial under subsection 

6 (a). 

7 (d) COSTS.—The individual or entity requesting the 

8 installation of the memorial on National Forest System 

9 land under subsection (a) shall be responsible for the costs 

10 associated with the use of National Forest System land 

11 for the memorial, including the costs of— 

12 (1) processing the application for the relocation; 

13 (2) issuing a special use authorization for the 

14 memorial, including the costs associated with any re15 lated environmental analysis; and 

16 (3) relocating, installing, and maintaining the 

17 memorial. 

18 (e) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The special use au19 thorization for the installation of the memorial under sub20 section (a) may include any terms and conditions that are 

21 determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, including 

22 a provision preventing any enlargement or expansion of 

23 the memorial. 

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