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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 Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction 

over certain parcels of Federal land in Arlington, Virginia, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 

4 OVER CERTAIN PARCELS OF FEDERAL LAND 

5 IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. 

6 (a) TRANSFER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.— 

7 (1) TRANSFER.—Administrative jurisdiction 

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1 graph (2) is transferred from the Secretary of the 

2 Interior to the Secretary of the Army. 

3 (2) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The parcel of 

4 Federal land referred to in paragraph (1) is the ap5 proximately 16.09-acre parcel of land in Arlington, 

6 Virginia, adjacent to and comprising Memorial Ave7 nue from the western side of the Route 110 over8 pass, west to and including the hemicycle used by 

9 the Women in Military Service for America Memo10 rial, as depicted in blue on the map entitled ‘‘Arling11 ton National Cemetery, Memorial Ave–NPS Parcel’’ 

12 and dated November 25, 2018. 

13 (b) TRANSFER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE14 RIOR.— 

15 (1) TRANSFER.—Administrative jurisdiction 

16 over the parcel of Federal land described in para17 graph (2) is transferred from the Secretary of the 

18 Army to the Secretary of the Interior. 

19 (2) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The parcel of 

20 land referred to in paragraph (1) is the approxi21 mately 1.04-acre parcel of Federal land in Arlington, 

22 Virginia, adjacent to the Chaffee parking lot, com23 prising 1 structure, and bounded on the northeast 

24 by Sherman Drive, as depicted in green on the map 


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1 entitled ‘‘Arlington National Cemetery–Chaffee NPS 

2 Land Swap’’ and dated October 31, 2018. 

3 (c) LAND SURVEYS.—The exact acreage and legal de4 scription of a parcel of Federal land described in sub5 section (a)(2) or (b)(2) shall be determined by a survey 

6 satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army and the Sec7 retary of the Interior. 

8 (d) AUTHORITY TO CORRECT ERRORS.—The Sec9 retary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior may 

10 correct any clerical or typographical error in a map de11 scribed in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2). 

12 (e) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

13 (1) NO REIMBURSEMENT OR CONSIDER14 ATION.—A transfer by subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1) 

15 shall be without reimbursement or consideration. 

16 (2) CONTINUED RECREATIONAL ACCESS.—The 

17 use of a bicycle trail or recreational access within a 

18 parcel of Federal land described in subsection (a)(2) 

19 or (b)(2) in which the use or access is authorized be20 fore the date of enactment of this Act shall be al21 lowed to continue after the transfer of the applicable 

22 parcel of Federal land by subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1). 

23 (3) MANAGEMENT OF PARCEL TRANSFERRED

24 TO SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.—The parcel of Fed25 eral land transferred to the Secretary of the Army 


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1 by section (a)(1) shall be administered by the Sec2 retary of the Army— 

3 (A) as part of Arlington National Ceme4 tery; and 

5 (B) in accordance with applicable law, in6 cluding— 

7 (i) regulations; and 

8 (ii) section 2409 of title 38, United 

9 States Code. 

10 (4) MANAGEMENT OF PARCEL TRANSFERRED

11 TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—The parcel of 

12 Federal land transferred to the Secretary of the In13 terior by subsection (b)(1) shall be— 

14 (A) included within the boundary of Ar15 lington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial; 

16 and 

17 (B) administered by the Secretary of the 

18 Interior— 

19 (i) as part of the memorial referred to 

20 in subparagraph (A); and 

21 (ii) in accordance with applicable law 

22 (including regulations). 

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