Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3584 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3584 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2025 Mr. Edwards (for himself and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982, 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 ``Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act''. SEC. 2. 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 asso