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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1163 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery 
in the Sarpy County region to serve veterans in eastern Nebraska, 
western Iowa, and northwest Missouri. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2009 
Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. FORTENBERRY, and Mr. 
SMITH of Nebraska) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
national cemetery in the Sarpy County region to serve 
veterans in eastern Nebraska, western Iowa, and north-
west Missouri. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CEMETERY IN 
THE SARPY COUNTY REGION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall establish, in accordance with chapter 24 of title 38, 
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United States Code, a national cemetery in the Sarpy 
County region to serve the needs of veterans and their 
families. 
(b) CONSULTATION IN SELECTION OF SITE.—Before 
selecting the site for the national cemetery established 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with— 
(1) appropriate officials of the State of Ne-
braska and local officials in the Sarpy County re-
gion; and 
(2) appropriate officials of the Federal Govern-
ment, including the Administrator of General Serv-
ices, with respect to land belonging to the Federal 
Government in that area that would be suitable to 
establish the national cemetery under subsection (a). 
(c) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT DONATION OF PARCEL 
OF LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may accept on behalf of the United States 
the gift of an appropriate parcel of real property. 
The Secretary shall have administrative jurisdiction 
over such parcel of real property, and shall use such 
parcel to establish the national cemetery under sub-
section (a). 
(2) INCOME TAX TREATMENT OF GIFT.—For 
purposes of Federal income, estate, and gift taxes, 
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the real property accepted under paragraph (1) shall 
be considered as a gift to the United States. 
(d) REPORT.—As soon as practicable after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress a report on the establishment of the national 
cemetery under subsection (a). The report shall set forth 
a schedule for such establishment and an estimate of the 
costs associated with such establishment. 
(e) SARPY COUNTY REGION DEFINED.—In this Act, 
the term ‘‘Sarpy County region’’ means the geographic 
area consisting of— 
(1) Knox, Antelope, Boone, Nance, Merrick, 
Hamilton, Clay, Nuckolls, Thayer, Fillmore, York, 
Polk, Platte, Madison, Pierce, Cedar, Wayne, Stan-
ton, Colfax, Butler, Seward, Saline, Jefferson, Gage, 
Lancaster, Saunders, Dodge, Cuming, Thurston, 
Dixon, Dakota, Burt, Washington, Douglas, Sarpy, 
Cass, Otoe, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, and Rich-
ardson counties in the State of Nebraska; 
(2) Lyon, Sioux, Plymouth, Woodbury, Monona, 
Harrison, Pottawatomie, Mills, Fremont, Osceola, 
Dickinson, O’Brien, Clay, Cherokee, Buena Vista, 
Ida, Sac, Crawford, Carroll, Shelby, Audubon, Guth-
rie, Cass, Adair, Montgomery, Adams, Union, Page, 
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Taylor, and Ringgold counties in the State of Iowa; 
and 
(3) Atchison, Holt, Buchanan, Platte, Clay, 
Clinton, Dekalb, Andrew, Nodaway, Worth, and 
Gentry counties in the State of Missouri. 
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