,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1    
#bjbj,ms4 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself   
and ,ms4 ,rosen7 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 use as a national
 cemetery1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,elko ,national ,cemetery ,act4  #b4
 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7       
,federal land ,the term ,federal land   
means the approximately #ae acres of    
,bureau of ,land ,management land in    
,elko1 ,nevada1 that is more            
particularly described as ,,ne#a_/d     
,,sw#a_/d ,,nw#a_/d1                    
,n#a_/b,,se#a_/d,,sw#a_/d,,nw#a_/d1 sec4
 #h1 ,t4 #cd ,n41 ,r4 #ee ,e41 of the   

,mount ,diablo ,meridian1 as depicted on
 the map prepared by the ,bureau of     
,land ,management1 entitled ,proposed   
,national ,cemetery-,elko ,nevada1 and  
dated ,september #i1 #bjae4  7#b7       
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of the ,interior4  #c4   
,transfer and withdrawal of ,bureau of  
,land ,management land for use as a     
national cemetery  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 7as defined in  
section #ajb of title #dj1 ,united      
,states ,code74