Enactment of Public Law 115-175, Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act

IB 2018-080
Information Bulletin

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240
http://www.blm.gov/

July 19, 2018

In Reply Refer To:
1753 (620) P

EMS TRANMISSION 02/22/2019
Information Bulletin 2018-080

To:                   Assistant Director, Energy, Minerals and Realty Management
                        State Director (MT/DAK)

From:               Assistant Director, Communications

Subject:           Enactment of Public Law 115-175, Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act

This Information Bulletin (IB) is to alert all affected BLM personnel to the enactment of Public Law 115-175, the Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act. P.L. 115-175 transfers administrative jurisdiction of approximately 200 acres of BLM-managed public land to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery in Meade County, South Dakota. 

The text of the new law and the legislative map it references are attached.  The legislative map referenced in the new law should be made available to the public, as appropriate, and archived by the BLM Eastern States Office and the Department of the Interior Library pursuant to Permanent Instruction Memorandum (IM) No. 2017-007, “Policies and Procedures for Notification and Implementation of Newly Enacted Federal Laws.”

Also pursuant to Permanent IM No. 2017-007, the BLM Assistant, State and Center Director(s) receiving this IB are responsible for:

  1. Ensuring that the appropriate staff in their organizations receive a copy of the IB and any attachments;
  2. Submitting to the BLM Director and the Assistant Director for Communications within 60 days an Implementation Plan that details the steps that will be taken to implement the new law, the timeframes for completing implementation, and any barriers to implementation.  In this case, the lead for the Implementation Plan would be: BLM – Montana/Dakotas;
  3. Developing any necessary policy guidance to ensure compliance with the new law;
  4. Carrying out any implementation actions required under the new law; and
  5. Complying with any other applicable BLM policies, including Manual 6120, “Congressionally Required Maps and Legal Boundary Descriptions for National Landscape Conservation System Designations.”

For more information about BLM legislative policies and procedures, please contact Patrick Wilkinson, Division Chief for Legislative Affairs, by telephone at: 202-912-7429; or by email at: p2wilkin@blm.gov.

For more information about implementation of the new law, please contact the relevant BLM Assistant, State or Center Director(s) or the Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor.

 

Signed by:                                                                   Authenticated by:
Jeff Krauss                                                                  Robert M. Williams
Acting, Assistant Director                                          Division of Business Resources,WO-850
Communications

2 Attachments
        1- Public Law 115-175, Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act (Enrolled Bill) (3 pp)
        2- Map, Proposed Expansion of Black Hills National Cemetery, June 16, 2016 (1 p)

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Fiscal Year

2018