Title: A bill to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal land in Arlington, Virginia, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill transfers administrative jurisdiction from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Army over the 16.09-acre parcel of federal land in Arlington, Virginia, adjacent to and comprising Memorial Avenue from the western side of the Route 110 overpass, west to and including the hemicycle used by the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. Such land shall be administered as part of Arlington National Cemetery.
The bill also transfers administrative jurisdiction from Army to Interior over the 1.04-acre parcel of federal land in Arlington adjacent to the Chaffee parking lot, comprising one structure, and bounded on the northeast by Sherman Drive. Such land shall be included within the boundary of Arlington House and the Robert E. Lee Memorial, and administered by Interior as part of such memorial.
The land transfers of this bill shall be made without reimbursement nor consideration.
The use of a bicycle trail or recreational access in the transferred lands may continue after transfer.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1152 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.


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                   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

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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.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN PARCELS 
              OF FEDERAL LAND IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.

    (a) Transfer to the Secretary of the Army.--
            (1) Transfer.--Administrative jurisdiction over the parcel 
        of Federal land described in paragraph (2) is transferred from 
        the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Army.
            (2) Description of land.--The parcel of Federal land 
        referred to in paragraph (1) is the approximately 16.09-acre 
        parcel of land in Arlington, Virginia, adjacent to and 
        comprising Memorial Avenue from the western side of the Route 
        110 overpass, west to and including the hemicycle used by the 
        Women in Military Service for America Memorial, as depicted in 
        blue on the map entitled ``Arlington National Cemetery, 
        Memorial Ave-NPS Parcel'' and dated November 25, 2018.
    (b) Transfer to the Secretary of the Interior.--
            (1) Transfer.--Administrative jurisdiction over the parcel 
        of Federal land described in paragraph (2) is transferred from 
        the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior.
            (2) Description of land.--The parcel of land referred to in 
        paragraph (1) is the approximately 1.04-acre parcel of Federal 
        land in Arlington, Virginia, adjacent to the Chaffee parking 
        lot, comprising 1 structure, and bounded on the northeast by 
        Sherman Drive, as depicted in green on the map entitled 
        ``Arlington National Cemetery-Chaffee NPS Land Swap'' and dated 
        October 31, 2018.
    (c) Land Surveys.--The exact acreage and legal description of a 
parcel of Federal land described in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) shall 
be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army and 
the Secretary of the Interior.
    (d) Authority To Correct Errors.--The Secretary of the Army and the 
Secretary of the Interior may correct any clerical or typographical 
error in a map described in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2).
    (e) Terms and Conditions.--
            (1) No reimbursement or consideration.--A transfer by 
        subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1) shall be without reimbursement or 
        consideration.
            (2) Continued recreational access.--The use of a bicycle 
        trail or recreational access within a parcel of Federal land 
        described in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) in which the use or 
        access is authorized before the date of enactment of this Act 
        shall be allowed to continue after the transfer of the 
        applicable parcel of Federal land by subsection (a)(1) or 
        (b)(1).
            (3) Management of parcel transferred to secretary of the 
        army.--The parcel of Federal land transferred to the Secretary 
        of the Army by section (a)(1) shall be administered by the 
        Secretary of the Army--
                    (A) as part of Arlington National Cemetery; and
                    (B) in accordance with applicable law, including--
                            (i) regulations; and
                            (ii) section 2409 of title 38, United 
                        States Code.
            (4) Management of parcel transferred to secretary of the 
        interior.--The parcel of Federal land transferred to the 
        Secretary of the Interior by subsection (b)(1) shall be--
                    (A) included within the boundary of Arlington 
                House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial; and
                    (B) administered by the Secretary of the Interior--
                            (i) as part of the memorial referred to in 
                        subparagraph (A); and
                            (ii) in accordance with applicable law 
                        (including regulations).
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