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S. 1876 Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources

Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act

Introduced
May 22, 2025
Sponsor
Sen. Tillis, Thomas (R-NC)
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STAGE 3 OF 8 — CALENDARS AND SCHEDULING

Currently in the Senate. Last action: placed on senate legislative calendar under general orders. calendar no. 215 on Oct 27, 2025.

  1. Senate Introduced in Senate May 22, 2025
  2. Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. May 22, 2025
  3. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Oct 21, 2025
  4. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report. Oct 27, 2025
  5. Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 215. Oct 27, 2025

Cosponsors

2

Subjects

Forests, forestry, treesMilitary historyMonuments and memorialsNorth CarolinaU.S. history

Committees

  • Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
    • [Reported By, Oct 27, 2025]
    • [Markup By, Oct 21, 2025]
    • [Referred To, May 22, 2025]

Summary

Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial ActThis bill authorizes the Forest Service to relocate a memorial in North Carolina honoring the nine 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, if the owner of the private land where the memorial is currently located consents. The Forest Service may relocate the memorial to 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. The site must be approved by (1) the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and (2) the Federal Highway Administration if the site is located adjacent to a federal-aid highway.

[Summary as of: Reported to Senate]

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