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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 10, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Black Hills Cemetery Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the local communities in South Dakota that are currently managing certain community cemeteries all interest of the United States in: (1) the parcels of National Forest System land that contain the cemeteries, and (2) up to an additional two acres adjoining each cemetery to ensure that such conveyances include unmarked gravesites and allow for the expansion of those cemeteries.
Requires: (1) each such conveyance to be subject to the condition that the recipient accept the conveyed real property in the condition it is in at the time of conveyance, (2) the conveyed lands to continue to be used in the same manner and for the same purposes as they were used immediately before their conveyance, and (3) the recipients of the parcels of the real property conveyed under this Act to bear the cost of the survey for their particular parcel.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3874 as passed House amended on May 15, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House May 15, 2012
To provide for the conveyance of eight cemeteries that are located on National Forest System land in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota
Passed · Two-thirds required
400 Yea 1 Nay 30 not voting
Crossed both parties 1 of 401 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Republican.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.