To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in El Paso County, Colorado.

Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on the establishment of the cemetery.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1660 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1660

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national 
         cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2007

 Mr. Salazar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national 
         cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CEMETERY IN SOUTHERN COLORADO 
              REGION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish, 
in accordance with chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code, a 
national cemetery in the southern Colorado region to serve the needs of 
veterans and their families.
    (b) Consultation in Selection of Site.--Before selecting the site 
for the national cemetery established under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall consult with--
            (1) appropriate officials of the State of Colorado and 
        local officials in the southern Colorado region; and
            (2) appropriate officials of the United States, including 
        the Administrator of General Services, with respect to land 
        belonging to the United States in that region that would be 
        suitable to establish the national cemetery under subsection 
        (a).
    (c) Authority To Accept Donation of Parcel of Land.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
        accept on behalf of the United States the gift of an 
        appropriate parcel of real property. The Secretary shall have 
        administrative jurisdiction over such parcel of real property, 
        and shall use such parcel to establish the national cemetery 
        under subsection (a).
            (2) Income tax treatment of gift.--For purposes of Federal 
        income, estate, and gift taxes, the real property accepted 
        under paragraph (1) shall be considered as a gift to the United 
        States.
    (d) Report.--As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the 
establishment of the national cemetery under subsection (a). The report 
shall set forth a schedule for such establishment and an estimate of 
the costs associated with such establishment.
    (e) Southern Colorado Region Defined.--In this Act, the term 
``southern Colorado region'' means the geographic region consisting of 
the following Colorado counties:
            (1) El Paso.
            (2) Pueblo.
            (3) Teller.
            (4) Fremont.
            (5) Las Animas.
            (6) Huerfano.
            (7) Custer.
            (8) Costilla.
            (9) Alamosa.
            (10) Saguache.
            (11) Conejos.
            (12) Mineral.
            (13) Archuleta.
            (14) Hinsdale.
            (15) Gunnison.
            (16) Pitkin.
            (17) La Plata.
            (18) Montezuma.
            (19) San Juan.
            (20) Ouray.
            (21) San Miguel.
            (22) Dolores.
            (23) Montrose.
            (24) Delta.
            (25) Mesa.
            (26) Crowley.
            (27) Kiowa.
            (28) Bent.
            (29) Baca.
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