- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 24, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 6368. Mr. HUSTED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:
SEC. __. 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
Street 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 term “Montgomery County Land Bank” means the land bank
located at 130 W. Second Street, Suite 1425, Dayton, Ohio