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HR 4284 · in committee · niche

Small Cemetery Conveyance Act

What this bill does

  • The Forest Service can transfer small cemetery land to states, local governments, tribes, or community land grants at no cost.
  • This affects communities and tribes that manage cemeteries on federal forest land and want ownership.
  • The transfer covers up to 40 acres and includes a reversion clause if the land stops being used as a cemetery.

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  1. 01

    How would transferring cemetery land ownership from federal to local control affect ongoing maintenance responsibilities and funding for these burial sites?

  2. 02

    What happens to communities or tribes if they accept a cemetery transfer but later cannot afford to maintain the land or manage it according to the reversion clause?

  3. 03

    Why should some cemetery land be transferred at no cost when the Forest Service might use revenue from other federal land transfers to fund conservation or recreation programs?

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Teresa Leger Fernandez

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Introduced 2026-03-17

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-03-17 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  2. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2510)

  4. 2026-03-16 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2510)

  5. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4284.

  6. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2510-2511)

  7. 2026-03-16 · house · Floor

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. 2026-01-14 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 389.

  9. 2026-01-14 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  10. 2026-01-14 · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  11. 2026-01-14 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-454, Part I.

  12. 2026-01-14 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-454, Part I.

  13. 2025-12-17 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

  14. 2025-12-17 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. 2025-12-17 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged

  16. 2025-09-18 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  17. 2025-09-11 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

  18. 2025-07-02 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

  19. 2025-07-02 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

  20. 2025-07-02 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  21. 2025-07-02 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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