Sec. 5. TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LAND FOR USE AS A NATIONAL CEMETERY
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## SEC. 5 TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LAND FOR USE AS A NATIONAL CEMETERY Section 2406 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)by striking “As additional lands” and inserting “(a) In General.—As additional lands”; and ####
(2)by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(b) Transfer of Department of the Interior Land for Use as a National Cemetery > > Notwithstanding section 204(d) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1714(d)), if the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior agree to a transfer under subsection
(a)of any land for use by the Department as a national cemetery, the land shall be— > > > #### “(1) > > withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, the mineral leasing laws, and the geothermal leasing laws; > > > #### “(2) > > subject to valid existing rights; > > > #### “(3) > > transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and > > > #### “(4) > > deemed to be property (as defined in section 102(9) of title 40) for as long as the land remains under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.” > .
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TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LAND FOR USE AS A NATIONAL CEMETERY
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