,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbbc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bi1  
#bjae ,mr4 ,thune 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 ,cemetery ,the term     
,cemetery means the ,black ,hills       
,national ,cemetery in ,sturgis1 ,south 
,dakota4  7#b7 ,federal land ,the term  
,federal land means the approximately   
#bjj acres of ,bureau of ,land          
,management land adjacent to the        
,cemetery1 generally depicted as        

,proposed ,national ,cemetery ,expansion
 on the map entitled ,proposed          
,expansion of ,black ,hills ,national   
,cemetery-,south ,dakota and dated      
,september #bh1 #bjae4  7#c7 ,secretary 
,the term ,secretary means the          
,secretary of the ,interior4  #c4       
,transfer and withdrawal of ,bureau of  
,land ,management land for ,cemetery use
  7a7 ,transfer of administrative       
jurisdiction  7#a7 ,in general ,subject 
to valid existing rights1 administrative
 jurisdiction over the ,federal land is 
transferred from the ,secretary to the  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs for use
 as a national cemetery in accordance   
with chapter #bd of title #ch1 ,united  
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,legal descriptions
  7,a7 ,in general ,as soon as          
practicable after the date of enactment 
of this ,act1 the ,secretary shall      
publish in the ,federal ,register a     
notice containing a legal description of
 the ,federal land4  7,b7 ,effect ,a    
legal description published under       

subparagraph 7,a7 shall have the same   
force and effect as if included in this 
,act1 except that the ,secretary may    
correct any clerical and typographical  
errors in the legal description4  7,c7  
,availability ,copies of the legal      
description published under subparagraph
 7,a7 shall be available for public     
inspection in the appropriate offices   
of--  7i7 the ,bureau of ,land          
,management2 and  7ii7 the ,national    
,cemetery ,administration4  7,d7 ,costs 
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
shall reimburse the ,secretary for the  
costs incurred by the ,secretary in     
carrying out this paragraph1 including  
the costs of any surveys and other      
reasonable costs4  7b7 ,withdrawal      
,subject to valid existing rights1 for  
any period during which the ,federal    
land is under the administrative        
jurisdiction of the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs1 the ,federal land-- 
7#a7 is withdrawn from all forms of     
appropriation under the public land     

laws1 including the mining laws1 the    
mineral leasing laws1 and the geothermal
 leasing laws2 and  7#b7 shall be       
treated as property as defined under    
section #ajb7i7 of title #dj1 ,united   
,states ,code4  7c7 ,boundary           
modification ,the boundary of the       
,cemetery is modified to include the    
,federal land4  7d7 ,modification of    
public land order ,public ,land ,order  
#baab1 dated ,june #f1 #aifj 7#be ,fed4 
,reg4 #ebdc71 is modified to exclude the
 ,federal land4  #d4 ,subsequent        
transfer of administrative jurisdiction 
7a7 ,notice ,on a determination by the  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs that   
all or a portion of the ,federal land is
 not being used for purposes of the     
,cemetery1 the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs shall notify the ,secretary of 
the determination4  7b7 ,transfer of    
administrative jurisdiction ,subject to 
subsections 7c7 and 7d71 the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs shall transfer to 
the ,secretary administrative           

jurisdiction over the ,federal land     
subject to a notice under subsection    
7a74  7c7 ,decontaminaton ,the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
be responsible for the costs of any     
decontamination of the ,federal land    
subject to a notice under subsection 7a7
 that the ,secretary determines to be   
necessary for the ,federal land to be   
restored to public land status4  7d7    
,restoration to public land status ,the 
,federal land subject to a notice under 
subsection 7a7 shall only be restored to
 public land status on--  7#a7          
acceptance by the ,secretary of the     
,federal land subject to the notice2 and
  7#b7 a determination by the ,secretary
 that the ,federal land subject to the  
notice is suitable for--  7,a7          
restoration to public land status2 and  
7,b7 the operation of one or more of the
 public land laws with respect to the   
,federal land4  7e7 ,order ,if the      
,secretary accepts the ,federal land    
under subsection 7d77#a7 and makes a    

determination of suitability under      
subsection 7d77#b71 the ,secretary may--
  7#a7 open the accepted ,federal land  
to operation of #a or more of the public
 land laws2 and  7#b7 issue an order to 
carry out the opening authorized under  
paragraph 7#a74