,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aibd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #d1    
#bjae ,mr4 ,thune 7for himself and ,mr4 
,rounds7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,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
 ,cemetery1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title  ,this ,act may be cited  
as the ,black ,hills ,national ,cemetery
 ,boundary ,expansion ,act4  #b4        
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,,blm  
land ,the term ,,blm land means the     
approximately #aia4bd acres of ,bureau  
of ,land ,management land within ,meade 
,county1 ,south ,dakota1 which is more  
particularly described as follows3  7,a7
 ,in sec4 #bc1 ,t4 #e ,n1 ,r4 #e ,e41   
,black ,hills ,meridian-- 7i7 the land  

in the ,,sw#a_/d,,sw#a_/d located south 
of the tread of the ,centennial ,trail2 
7ii7 the land in the ,,se#a_/d,,sw#a_/d 
located south of the tread of the       
,centennial ,trail and southwest of the 
southwesterly railroad right-of-way     
boundary described and authorized under 
,,mtm-#adbfj2 and  7iii7 the land in the
 ,,sw#a_/d,,se#a_/d located southwest of
 the southwesterly railroad right-of-way
 boundary4  7,b7 ,in sec4 #bf1 ,t4 #e   
,n1 ,r4 #e ,e41 ,black ,hills           
,meridian--  7i7 lots #e1 #aa1 and #ab2 
and  7ii7 in lot #aj1 the land located  
southwest of the southwesterly railroad 
right-of-way boundary described and     
authorized under ,,mtm-#adbfj and       
,,nw#a_/d,,nw#a_/d4  7#b7 ,cemetery ,the
 term ,cemetery means the ,black ,hills 
,national ,cemetery in ,sturgis1 ,south 
,dakota4  #c4 ,transfer of              
administrative jurisdiction  7a7 ,in    
general ,administrative jurisdiction    
over the ,,blm land is transferred from 
the ,secretary of the ,interior to the  

,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs for    
inclusion in the ,cemetery4  7b7        
,boundary modification ,on the transfer 
of the ,,blm land under subsection 7a71 
the boundary of the ,cemetery is        
modified to include the ,,blm land4  7c7
 ,modification of public land order ,on 
the transfer of the ,,blm land under    
subsection 7a71 ,public ,land ,order    
#baab1 dated ,june #f1 #aifj 7#be ,fed4 
,reg4 #ebdc71 is modified to exclude the
 ,,blm land4