[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1876 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1876

   To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial 
   honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an 
airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a 
                  training mission on August 31, 1982.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2025

 Mr. Tillis (for himself and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial 
   honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an 
airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a 
                  training mission on August 31, 1982.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial 
Act''.

SEC. 2. RELOCATION OF MEMORIAL HONORING THE 9 AIR FORCE CREW MEMBERS 
              WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH DURING A 
              TRAINING MISSION ON AUGUST 31, 1982.

    (a) In General.--With the consent of the owner of the private land 
adjacent to the Cherohala Skyway in the State of North Carolina on 
which there is located a memorial honoring the 9 members of the Air 
Force crew of the C-141B transport plane that crashed during a training 
mission over the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests on August 31, 
1982 (referred to in this section as the ``memorial''), and subject to 
subsections (b) through (e), the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
in this section as the ``Secretary'') may authorize, by special use 
authorization, the installation and any maintenance associated with the 
installation of the memorial at an appropriate site at the Stratton 
Ridge rest area located at mile marker 2 on the Cherohala Skyway in 
Graham County, North Carolina, in the Nantahala National Forest.
    (b) Site Approval.--The site at which the memorial is installed 
under subsection (a) is subject to approval by the Secretary, in 
concurrence with--
            (1) the North Carolina Department of Transportation; and
            (2) in a case in which the site is located adjacent to a 
        Federal-aid highway, the Administrator of the Federal Highway 
        Administration.
    (c) Funding.--No Federal funds may be used to relocate, install, or 
maintain the memorial under subsection (a).
    (d) Costs.--The individual or entity requesting the installation of 
the memorial on National Forest System land under subsection (a) shall 
be responsible for the costs associated with the use of National Forest 
System land for the memorial, including the costs of--
            (1) processing the application for the relocation;
            (2) issuing a special use authorization for the memorial, 
        including the costs associated with any related environmental 
        analysis; and
            (3) relocating, installing, and maintaining the memorial.
    (e) Terms and Conditions.--The special use authorization for the 
installation of the memorial under subsection (a) may include any terms 
and conditions that are determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, 
including a provision preventing any enlargement or expansion of the 
memorial.
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