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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 337 
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 inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2017 
Mrs. NOEM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs, 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 transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Bureau 
of Land Management land from the Secretary of the 
Interior to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for inclusion 
in the Black Hills National Cemetery, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
The Act may be cited as the ‘‘Black Hills National 
Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL AND TRANSFER OF PUBLIC LAND 
FOR CEMETERY USE. 
(a) DUE DILIGENCE.—Prior to the withdrawal and 
transfer in subsection (b), the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs will complete appropriate environmental, cultural re-
source and other due diligence activities on the public 
lands identified in subsection (c), so that the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs may confirm that the land is suitable 
for cemetery purposes. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall notify the Secretary of the Interior of such due dili-
gence activities prior to initiating and shall coordinate as 
needed during the performance of such activities. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL AND TRANSFER.—After comple-
tion of the due diligence activities in subsection (a) and 
upon receipt by the Secretary of the Interior of written 
confirmation from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that 
the land is suitable for cemetery purposes, and subject to 
valid existing rights, the public lands described in sub-
section (c) shall be— 
(1) withdrawn from all forms of appropriation 
under the public land laws, including the mining 
laws, the mineral leasing laws, and the geothermal 
leasing laws, for as long as the lands remain under 
the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs; 
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(2) deemed property as defined in section 
102(9) of title 40, United States Code, for as long 
as the lands remain under the administrative juris-
diction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and 
(3) transferred to the administrative jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for use as 
national cemeteries under chapter 24 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(c) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The public lands with-
drawn, deemed property, and transferred under subsection 
(b) shall be the approximately 200 acres of land adjacent 
to Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota, gen-
erally depicted as ‘‘Proposed National Cemetery Expan-
sion’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Expansion of Black 
Hills National Cemetery—South Dakota’’ and dated June 
16, 2016, except the land located within 100 feet of the 
centerline of the Centennial Trail (which runs along the 
northern boundary of the ‘‘Proposed National Cemetery 
Expansion’’) and that is located south of the Trail. 
(d) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.—Immediately after 
the public lands are withdrawn, deemed property, and 
transferred under subsection (b), the boundary of the 
Black Hills National Cemetery shall be modified to include 
the public lands identified in subsection (c). 
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(e) MODIFICATION OF PUBLIC LAND ORDER.—Im-
mediately after the public lands under subsection (b) are 
withdrawn, deemed property, and transferred under sub-
section (b), Public Land Order 2112, dated June 6, 1960 
(25 Fed. Reg. 5243), shall be modified to exclude the 
lands identified in subsection (c). 
SEC. 3. LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS. 
(a) PREPARATION
OF LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As 
soon as practicable following receipt of written confirma-
tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that the land 
is suitable for cemetery purposes, the Secretary of the In-
terior shall publish in the Federal Register a notice con-
taining the legal descriptions of the public lands with-
drawn, deemed property, and transferred under section 
2(b). 
(b) LEGAL EFFECT.—The legal descriptions pre-
pared under subsection (a) shall have the same force and 
effect as if the legal descriptions were included in this Act, 
except that the Secretary of the Interior may correct any 
clerical and typographical errors in the legal descriptions. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—Copies of the map referred to in 
section 2(c) and the legal descriptions prepared under sub-
section (a) shall be available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of— 
(1) the Bureau of Land Management; and 
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