Bill Sponsor
House Bill 337
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act
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Passed House on Feb 6, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jan 5, 2017
Latest Action
Feb 7, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
337
Congress
115
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
South Dakota
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Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on February 6, 2017
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
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Passed
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Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
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2/3 Yea-And-Nay
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Summary

Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) complete environmental, cultural resource, and other due diligence activities on certain public land to confirm its suitability for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota; and (2) notify the Department of the Interior of such activities.

After completion of such activities and upon receipt by Interior of written confirmation of suitability from the VA, the land shall: (1) be withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral leasing laws, and the geothermal leasing laws, for as long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 it remains under VA administrative jurisdiction; (2) be deemed property; and (3) be transferred to the VA for use as national cemeteries.

Interior shall publish a notice containing the legal descriptions of such transferred land.

The VA shall reimburse Interior for reasonable transfer costs, including survey costs.

Upon a determination by the VA that all or a portion of such transferred land shall not be used for cemetery purposes, the VA shall: (1) notify Interior and transfer jurisdiction of the land back to Interior, and (2) be responsible for any decontamination costs necessary for restoration of the lands to the public lands.

Text (3)
February 7, 2017
February 6, 2017
January 5, 2017
Actions (12)
02/07/2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
02/06/2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
02/06/2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 80). (text: CR H985-986)
02/06/2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 80).(text: CR H985-986)
02/06/2017
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H993-994)
02/06/2017
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
02/06/2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 337.
02/06/2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H985-987)
02/06/2017
Mr. Lamborn moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
02/03/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
01/05/2017
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
01/05/2017
Introduced in House
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