Dayton National Cemetery Expansion Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2164 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2164

    To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an 
  agreement with the Montgomery County Land Bank for the transfer of 
    certain land near Dayton National Cemetery to the Department of 
               Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2025

Mr. Turner of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an 
  agreement with the Montgomery County Land Bank for the transfer of 
    certain land near Dayton National Cemetery to the Department of 
               Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Dayton National Cemetery Expansion 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSFER OF CERTAIN LAND NEAR DAYTON NATIONAL 
              CEMETERY TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Transfer.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
Montgomery County Land Bank makes an offer to transfer to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs the parcel of land described in 
subsection (b), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall begin the 
process of entering into an agreement with the Land Bank to carry out 
such transfer. Under any such agreement--
            (1) the Land Bank shall agree to transfer to the Department 
        all right, title, and interest in such parcel at no cost of the 
        land to the Department and for no consideration; and
            (2) the Secretary shall agree to accept such transfer--
                    (A) in order to use such parcel as a national 
                cemetery; and
                    (B) not later than three years after the date on 
                which the Land Bank offers to transfer the parcel.
    (b) Parcel Described.--The parcel of land described in this 
subsection is the approximately 58 acres of land located in Dayton, 
Ohio, across from Dayton National Cemetery, bound by the intersection 
of McCall St. and South Gettysburg Avenue, the intersection of McCall 
Street and Resaca Avenue, the intersection of South Gettysburg Avenue 
and U.S. Route 35 of the Interstate Highway System, and depicted on the 
map titled ``Dayton National Cemetery Proposed Land Transfer'' and 
dated January 26, 2024, and labeled on the map as ``Expansion Area''.
    (c) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to--
            (1) require or encourage the Secretary to acquire any 
        parcel other than the parcel described in subsection (b); or
            (2) require or encourage the Secretary to enter into any 
        special agreement with an entity other than the Montgomery 
        County Land Bank.
    (d) Montgomery County Land Bank Defined.--In this section, the 
Montgomery County Land Bank means the land bank located at 130 W. 
Second Street, Suite 1425, Dayton, Ohio 45402.
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