S.Amdt. 305

SA 305. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10___. 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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