Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 35) 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 Cemetery, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: S. 35 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 ``Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Cemetery.--The term ``Cemetery'' means the Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota. (2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the approximately 200 acres of Bureau of Land Management land adjacent to the Cemetery, generally depicted as ``Proposed National Cemetery Expansion'' on the map entitled ``Proposed Expansion of Black Hills National Cemetery-South Dakota'' and dated June 16, 2016. (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. TRANSFER AND WITHDRAWAL OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND FOR CEMETERY USE.…”