,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #e1         
#bjag,mr4 ,thune 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,rounds1 and ,mr4 ,enzi7 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 ,june
 #af1 #bjaf4  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